hight

  • 1Hight — Hight, v. t. & i. [imp. {Hight}, {Hot}, p. p. {Hight}, {Hote} (?), {Hoten} (?). See {Hote}.] [OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also… …

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  • 2Hight — Hight, v. t. & i. [imp. {Hight}, {Hot}, p. p. {Hight}, {Hote} (?), {Hoten} (?). See {Hote}.] [OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also… …

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  • 3Hight — Hight, v. t. & i. [imp. {Hight}, {Hot}, p. p. {Hight}, {Hote} (?), {Hoten} (?). See {Hote}.] [OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also… …

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  • 4Hight — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Casper Hight (* 1986), deutscher Rapper, Produzent und Regisseur aus Dessau (Sachsen Anhalt) David Hight (* 1943), britischer Bauingenieur (Geotechnik) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung …

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  • 5Hight — Hight, n. A variant of {Height}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6hight — [hīt] adj. [ME highte, merging OE hatte, pass. pt. with heht, active pt. of hatan, to command, call: confused in sense with ME hoten, pp. of same v.: akin to Ger heissen < IE base * kēi , to move] Archaic named; called [a maiden hight Elaine] …

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  • 7hight — (v.) named, called (archaic), from levelled pp. of M.E. highte, from O.E. hatte I am called (passive of hatan to call, name, command ) merged with heht called, active past tense of the same verb. Hatte was the only survival in O.E. of the old… …

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  • 8hight — Height Height (h[imac]t), n. [Written also {hight}.] [OE. heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. he[ a]h[eth]u, h[=e]h[eth]u fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. h[ o]jd, Dan. h[ o]ide, Icel. h[ae][eth], Goth. hauhi[thorn]a. See {High}.] 1. The condition …

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  • 9hight — be·hight; hight; …

    English syllables

  • 10hight — hight1 /huyt/, adj. Archaic. called or named: Childe Harold was he hight. [bef. 900; ME; OE heht, reduplicated preterit of hatan to name, call, promise, command (c. G heissen to call, be called, mean); akin to BEHEST] hight2 /huyt/, n. height. *… …

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