behight

English

verb
Definitions
  • (obsolete) To vow, promise (someone).
  • (dialectal) To be designated.
  • (obsolete) To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
  • (obsolete) To mean, or intend.
  • (obsolete) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
  • (obsolete) To call; to name; to address.
  • (obsolete) To command; to order.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English beheten inherited from Old English behātan (promise, command, threaten, pledge oneself, order, vow) prefix from English hight (be named, name).

Origin

English

hight

Gloss

be named, name

Concept
Semantic Field

Speech and language

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

名

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