behight

Definitions

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

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is behight.

• What is to give in trust; to commit; to intrust. The keys are to thy hand behight. Spenser called?
• What is to adjudge; to assign by authority. The second was to Triamond behight. Spenser called?
• What is to mean, or intend. More than heart behighteth. Mir. for Mag called?
• What is to consider or esteem to be; to declare to be. All the lookers-on him dead behight. Spenser called?
• What is to call; to name; to address. Whom . . . he knew and thus behight. Spenser called?
• What is to command; to order. He behight those gates to be unbarred. Spenser called?