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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

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IPlayers picked that hight are expected to make an impact in the next couple of seasons, but Michkov’s KHL status may not allow that.

From Washington Times Jun. 26, 2023

“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

My oldest grandson graduates hight school next year and hopes to be able to afford college.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2016

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

Young Johnny was a clever youth, Fu' sturdy, stout, and wight;10 Just full three yards around the waist, And fourteen feet in hight.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

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