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Definition: Hote
Hote
\Hote\, v. t. & i. [pres. & imp.
Hatte,
Hot, etc.; p.
p.
Hote,
Hoten,
Hot, etc. See
Hight,
Hete.]
1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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2. To promise. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
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There as I was wont to hote Arcite,
Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite.
--Chaucer.
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Hote
\Hote\, v. t. & i. [pres. & imp.
Hatte,
Hot, etc.; p.
p.
Hote,
Hoten,
Hot, etc. See
Hight,
Hete.]
1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.
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2. To promise. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
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There as I was wont to hote Arcite,
Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite.
--Chaucer.
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Hight
\Hight\, v. t. & i. [imp.
Hight,
Hot, p. p.
Hight,
Hote (?),
Hoten (?). See
Hote.] [OE. heiten, highten,
haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was
called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command,
promise; also h[=a]tte is called, was called; akin to G.
heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the
passive, to be called.]
1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]
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Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a
present, meaning is called or named, also as a
preterite, was called or named. This form has also been
used as a past participle. See
Hote.
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The great poet of Italy,
That highte Dante. --Chaucer.
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Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight.
--Surrey.
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Entered then into the church the Reverend
Teacher.
Father he hight, and he was, in the parish.
--Longfellow.
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Childe Harold was he hight. --Byron.
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2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
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But the sad steel seized not where it was hight
Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall.
--Spenser.
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3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
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Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser.
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4. To promise. [Obs.]
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He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer.
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