Part 1016

<i>Paston.</i>

<h1>Behete</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hete"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Behight</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Behight</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hight"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Behight</er>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Behight</er>, <er>Behoten</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bihaten</ets>, AS. <ets>beh\'betan</ets> to vow, promise; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>h\'betan</ets> to call, command. See <er>Hight</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <mark>[Obs. in all its senses.]</mark> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To promise; to vow.</def>

<blockquote><b>Behight</b> by vow unto the chaste Minerve. <i>Surrey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.</def>

<blockquote>The keys are to thy hand <b>behight</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To adjudge; to assign by authority.</def>

<blockquote>The second was to Triamond <b>behight</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To mean, or intend.</def>

<blockquote>More than heart <b>behighteth</b>. <i>Mir. for Mag.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.</def>

<blockquote>All the lookers-on him dead <b>behight</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To call; to name; to address.</def>

<blockquote>Whom . . . he knew and thus <b>behight</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To command; to order.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>behight</b> those gates to be unbarred. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Behight</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hight"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A vow; a promise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Surrey.</i>

<h1>Behind</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hind"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>prep.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>behindan</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>hindan</ets>. See <er>Hind</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; <as>as, <ex>behind</ex> a door; <ex>behind</ex> a hill.</as></def>

<blockquote>A tall Brabanter, <b>behind</b> whom I stood. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.</def>

<blockquote>A small part of what he left <b>behind</b> him. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.</def>