Hote

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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