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behight

transitive verb
be·​hight
past tense or past participle behight or behighted also behote; present third singular behighteth

Definition of behight

1 obsolete : promise
2 obsolete : command
3 obsolete : call, name

History and Etymology for behight

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

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