Found 1 items, similar to Hight.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Hight Hight \Hight\, n. A variant of Height. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. --Surrey. [1913 Webster] Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher. Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Childe Harold was he hight. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 4. To promise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. --Surrey. [1913 Webster] Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher. Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Childe Harold was he hight. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 4. To promise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The great poet of Italy, That highte Dante. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. --Surrey. [1913 Webster] Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher. Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster] Childe Harold was he hight. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 4. To promise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]