hote

English

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) To command; to enjoin.
  • (obsolete) To promise.
  • (obsolete) To be called, be named.
  • (obsolete) To call, name.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hoten inherited from Old English hātan (command, promise, order, call, call promise, be called) inherited from Proto-Germanic *haitaną (name, command, call, address, be called, be call, summon) derived from Proto-Indo-European *keyd- (fall, fall upon).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*keyd-

Gloss

fall, fall upon

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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