behight

transitive verb

be·​hight

past tense or past participle behight or behighted also behote; present third singular behighteth

1

obsolete : promise

2

obsolete : command

3

obsolete : call, name

Word History

Etymology

Middle English behighten, beheten, alteration (influenced by behight, behet, past of behoten) of behoten, from Old English behātan

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