From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Behight \Be*hight"\, v. t. [imp. Behight; p. p. Behight,
Behoten.] [OE. bihaten, AS. beh[=a]tan to vow, promise;
pref. be- + h[=a]tan to call, command. See Hight, v.] [Obs.
in all its senses.]
1. To promise; to vow.
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Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve. --Surrey.
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2. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
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The keys are to thy hand behight. --Spenser.
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3. To adjudge; to assign by authority.
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The second was to Triamond behight. --Spenser.
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4. To mean, or intend.
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More than heart behighteth. --Mir. for
Mag.
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5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
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All the lookers-on him dead behight. --Spenser.
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6. To call; to name; to address.
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Whom . . . he knew and thus behight. --Spenser.
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7. To command; to order.
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He behight those gates to be unbarred. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Behight \Be*hight"\, v. t. [imp. Behight; p. p. Behight,
Behoten.] [OE. bihaten, AS. beh[=a]tan to vow, promise;
pref. be- + h[=a]tan to call, command. See Hight, v.] [Obs.
in all its senses.]
1. To promise; to vow.
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Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve. --Surrey.
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2. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
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The keys are to thy hand behight. --Spenser.
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3. To adjudge; to assign by authority.
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The second was to Triamond behight. --Spenser.
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4. To mean, or intend.
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More than heart behighteth. --Mir. for
Mag.
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5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
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All the lookers-on him dead behight. --Spenser.
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6. To call; to name; to address.
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Whom . . . he knew and thus behight. --Spenser.
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7. To command; to order.
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He behight those gates to be unbarred. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Behight \Be*hight"\, v. t. [imp. Behight; p. p. Behight,
Behoten.] [OE. bihaten, AS. beh[=a]tan to vow, promise;
pref. be- + h[=a]tan to call, command. See Hight, v.] [Obs.
in all its senses.]
1. To promise; to vow.
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Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve. --Surrey.
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2. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
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The keys are to thy hand behight. --Spenser.
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3. To adjudge; to assign by authority.
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The second was to Triamond behight. --Spenser.
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4. To mean, or intend.
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More than heart behighteth. --Mir. for
Mag.
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5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
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All the lookers-on him dead behight. --Spenser.
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6. To call; to name; to address.
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Whom . . . he knew and thus behight. --Spenser.
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7. To command; to order.
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He behight those gates to be unbarred. --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Behight \Be*hight"\, n.
A vow; a promise. [Obs.] --Surrey.
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