💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Behight"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| behoteverb | Obsolete form of behight. [(obsolete, transitive) To vow, promise (someone).] |
| behestnoun | A 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. |
| vowenoun | Obsolete 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.] |
| oathnoun | A 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. |
| bethrothverb | Misspelling of betroth. [(archaic) Of a man: to promise to take (a woman) as a future spouse; to plight one's troth to.] |
| pledgnoun | Obsolete form of pledge. [A solemn promise to do something.] |
| trothnoun | (countable, archaic) A pledge or promise to marry someone. |
| bequestnoun | That 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. |
| gagenoun | Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative). |
| sweareverb | Obsolete 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. |
| beholdeverb | Obsolete 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. |
| promysenoun | Obsolete 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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