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hight

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[ hahyt ]
/ haɪt /

adjective

Archaic. called or named: Childe Harold was he hight.

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Origin of hight

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before 900; Middle English; Old English heht, reduplicated preterit of hātan to name, call, promise, command (cognate with German heissen to call, be called, mean); akin to behest

Words nearby hight

high stick, high-sticking, High Street, high-strung, high style, hight, high table, hightail, hightail it, High Tatra, high tea

Definition for hight (2 of 2)

hight2
[ hahyt ]
/ haɪt /

noun

height.
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British Dictionary definitions for hight

hight
/ (haɪt) /

verb

(tr; used only as a past tense in the passive or as a past participle) archaic, poetic to name; calla maid hight Mary

Word Origin for hight

Old English heht, from hatan to call; related to Old Norse heita, Old Frisian hēta, Old High German heizzan
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