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hight

1 American  
[hahyt] / haɪt /

adjective

  1. Archaic. called or named.

    Childe Harold was he hight.


hight 2 American  
[hahyt] / haɪt /

noun

  1. height.


hight British  
/ haɪt /

verb

  1. archaic (tr; used only as a past tense in the passive or as a past participle) to name; call

    a maid hight Mary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hight

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

Example Sentences

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“Texas is the only state whose flag can fly at the same hight as US flag,” says one Facebook post, misspelling height, and featuring images of the Texas and U.S. flags side by side.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2022

Johansen answered 34 seconds later, skating around Jets defenseman Toby Enstrom and beating Hellebuyck hight.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2018

Harris tweed piled hight in Catherine Campbell's Harris Tweed Company shop and warehouse in Tarbert, on the isle of Harris, Scotland.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2012

Cotton wool spots can be seen in the eye of a person with hight blood pressure.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2010

In good soils, with good culture, the average hight in the rows will be two feet, but there is a great difference in the kinds; some will considerably exceed this hight.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

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