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Definition of Behote
1. behight [v BEHOTE, BEHOTING, BEHOTES] - See also: behight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behote
Literary usage of Behote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of John Gowerby John Gower by John Gower (1901)
"1839. behote, va ... 1824, I s. près. behote, i. ... 6701, 3 s. behet, '• '954,
ZPI- behote, ii. ..."
2. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"The normal ME. forms are : behote (infin. ... behote(n (pp.). benight, a promise.
Surrey, tr. of Psalm b.xiii. l. 60. beholding, indebted, under obligation. ..."
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