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Definition hight

Etymology 1

From Middle English hight (�to be named, be called�) (alternative past participle of hoten), from Old English h?ht (preterite of h?tan, �to be named, be called�), from *hehait-, reduplicate preterite base of Proto-Germanic *haitan? (�to call, command, summon�), from Proto-Indo-European *key(w)-, *kyew- (�to set in motion�). Cognate with West Frisian hjitte, Dutch heten, Low German heten, German hei�en, Danish hedde, Norwegian Nynorsk heita, Swedish heta, Latin cie? (�I call, I set in motion�).

Verb

hight (third-person singular simple present - or (obsolete) hote, present participle - or (obsolete) hoting, simple past and past participle hight) hight is only the preterite or past participle, not the infinitive or present.

1. (archaic, transitive) To call, name.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To be called or named.
3. (archaic, dialectal) To command; to enjoin.

Adjective

hight (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Called, named.

Etymology 2

See height

Noun

hight (plural hights)

1. Obsolete form of height.

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