v. t. [ imp. Behight; p. p. Behight, Behoten. ] [ OE. bihaten, AS. behātan to vow, promise; pref. be- + hātan to call, command. See Hight, v. ] [ Obs. in all its senses. ] 1. To promise; to vow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve. Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust. [ 1913 Webster ]

The keys are to thy hand behight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To adjudge; to assign by authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The second was to Triamond behight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To mean, or intend. [ 1913 Webster ]

More than heart behighteth. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the lookers-on him dead behight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To call; to name; to address. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom . . . he knew and thus behight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To command; to order. [ 1913 Webster ]

He behight those gates to be unbarred. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vow; a promise. [ Obs. ] Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]