Thesaurus: behight

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1. imp. of Behight
2. p. p. of Behight
3. v. To promise; to vow.
4. v. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
5. v. To adjudge; to assign by authority.
6. v. To mean, or intend.
7. v. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
8. v. To call; to name; to address.
9. v. To command; to order.
10. n. A vow; a promise.
11. 1. To promise; to vow. Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve. Surrey. 2. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust. The keys are to thy hand behight. Spenser. 3. To adjudge; to assign by authority. The second was to Triamond behight. Spenser. 4. To mean, or intend. More than heart behighteth. Mir. for Mag. 5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be. All the lookers-on him dead behight. Spenser. 6. To call; to name; to address. Whom . . . he knew and thus behight. Spenser. 7. To command; to order. He behight those gates to be unbarred. Spenser. A vow; a promise. [Obs.] Surrey.
12. A vow; a promise. [Obs.] Surrey.