| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A vow; a promise.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To promise; to vow.[Websters]
2. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.[Websters] 3. To adjudge; to assign by authority.[Websters] 4. To mean, or intend.[Websters] 5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.[Websters] 6. To call; to name; to address.[Websters] 7. To command; to order.[Websters] 8. Of Behight.[Websters] 9. Seldom used base verb from the following inflections: behighting, behighted, behights, behighter, behighters, behightingly and behightedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BEHIGHT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1469. (references) |
| Note: Behight \Be*hight"\, noun. A vow; a promise. [Obsolete]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BEHIGHT
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] behite; pret. behot. To promise; to entrust; to call, or name; to command; to adjudge; to address; to inform; to mean; to reckon. The orthography is corrupt; it should be behite. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
