Dictionary entry

Hote

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hote (?), v. t. & i. [pres. & imp.Hatte (?), Hot (�), etc.; p. p.Hote, Hoten (�), Hot, etc. See Hight, Hete.] 1. To command; to enjoin. Piers Plowman.

2. To promise. Chaucer.

3. To be called; to be named.

There as I was wont to hote Arcite,

Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. Chaucer.