The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made.
Paston.
Be*hest", v. t. To vow. [Obs.] Paston.
Be*hete" (&?;), v. t. See Behight. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Be*hight" (&?;), v. t. [imp. Behight; p. p. Behight, Behoten.] [OE. bihaten, AS. behtan to vow, promise; pref. be- + htan to call, command. See Hight, v.] [Obs. in all its senses.] 1. To promise; to vow.
Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve.
Surrey.