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Behight

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behoteverbObsolete form of behight. [(obsolete, transitive) To vow, promise (someone).]
behestnounA command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
benameverb(transitive) To name; give a name (to); mention by name; nominate; denominate; call.
vowenounObsolete form of vow. [A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.]
oathnounA solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
bethrothverbMisspelling of betroth. [(archaic) Of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse; to plight one's troth to.]
pledgnounObsolete form of pledge. [A solemn promise to do something.]
trothnoun(countable, archaic) A pledge or promise to marry someone.
bequestnounThat which is left by will; a legacy.
vouchverb(transitive) To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement).
abodenoun(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
gagenounSomething, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
sweareverbObsolete spelling of swear. [(ambitransitive) To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.]
beshrewverb(transitive, archaic) To invoke or wish evil upon; to curse.
beholdeverbObsolete spelling of behold. [(transitive) To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.]
thignoun(ambitransitive, Scotland) To beg, borrow; cadge.
behateverb(transitive, obsolete) To hate; detest.
promysenounObsolete spelling of promise. [(ambitransitive, ditransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.]
abearverb(transitive, now rare, dialectal) To put up with; to endure; to bear.
objureverb(rare) To swear an oath.

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