2. A vow; a promise. [Obs.] The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made. Paston.
BEHEST
Be*hest", v. t.
Defn: To vow. [Obs.] Paston.
BEHETE
Be*hete", v. t.
Defn: See Behight. [Obs.] Chaucer.
BEHIGHT Be*hight", v. t. [imp. Behight; p. p. Behight, Behoten.] Etym: [OE. bihaten, AS. behatan to vow, promise; pref. be- + hatan to call, command. See Hight, v.] [Obs. in all its senses.]
1. To promise; to vow. Behight by vow unto the chaste Minerve. Surrey.
2. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust. The keys are to thy hand behight. Spenser.
3. To adjudge; to assign by authority. The second was to Triamond behight. Spenser.
4. To mean, or intend. More than heart behighteth. Mir. for Mag.