Behete
Be‐hete″ (�), v. t. See Behight. Chaucer.
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Behight
Be‐hight″ (�), v. t. [imp.Behight; p. p.Behight, Behoten.] [OE. bihaten, AS. behātan to vow, promise; pref. be- + hātan to call, command. See Hight, v.] 1. To promise; to vow.Be...
Behight (2)
Be‐hight″, n. A vow; a promise. Surrey.
Behind
Be‐hind″ (�), prep. [AS. behindan; pref. be- + hindan. See Hind, a.] 1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of...
Behind (2)
Be‐hind″, adv. 1. At the back part; in the rear. “I shall not lag behind.” Milton.2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.3. Not yet brought forward, produ...
Behind (3)
Be‐hind″, n. The backside; the rump.
Behindhand
Be‐hind″hand′ (�), adv. & a. [Behind + hand.]1. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.2. In a state of backwardness, in respec...
Behither
Be‐hith″er (�), prep. On this side of.Two miles behither Clifden.Evelyn.
Behold
Be‐hold″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Beheld (�) (p. p. formerly Beholden (�), now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n.Beholding.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold, h...
Behold (2)
Be‐hold″, v. i. To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne,... a lamb as it had been slain.Rev. v. 6.
Beholden
Be‐hold″en (�), p. a. [Old p. p. of behold, used in the primitive sense of the simple verb hold.] Obliged; bound in gratitude; indebted.But being so beholden to the Prince.Tenny...
Beholder
Be‐hold″er (�), n. One who beholds; a spectator.
Beholding
Be‐hold″ing, a. Obliged; beholden.I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father.Robynson (More's Utopia).So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sist...
Beholding (2)
Be‐hold″ing, n. The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. Shak.
Beholdingness
Be‐hold″ing‐ness, n., The state of being obliged or beholden. Sir P. Sidney.
Behoof
Be‐hoof″ (�), n. [OE. to bihove for the use of, AS. beh�f advantage, a word implied in beh�flīc necessary; akin to Sw. behof, Dan. behov, G. behuf, and E. heave, the root meanin...
Behoovable
Be‐hoov″a‐ble (�), a. Supplying need; profitable; advantageous. Udall.
Behoove
Be‐hoove″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Behooved (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Behooving.] [OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. beh�fian to have need of, fr. beh�f. See Behoof.] To be necessary for; to b...
Behoove (2)
Be‐hoove″ (�), v. i. To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. Chaucer.
Behoove (3)
Be‐hoove″, n. Advantage; behoof.It shall not be to his behoove.Gower.
Behooveful
Be‐hoove″ful (�), a. Advantageous; useful; profitable. — Be‐hoove″ful‐ly, adv. — Be‐hoove″ful‐ness, n.
Behove
Be‐hove″ (�), v., and derivatives. See Behoove, &c.
Behovely
Be‐hove″ly, a. & adv. Useful, or usefully.
Behowl
Be‐howl″ (�), v. t. To howl at.The wolf behowls the moon.Shak.
Beige
‖Beige (�), n. Debeige.
Beild
Beild (�), n. [Prob. from the same root as build, v. t.] A place of shelter; protection; refuge. [Also written bield and beeld.]The random beild o' clod or stane.Burns.
Being
Be″ing (�), p. pr. from Be. Existing.☞ Being was formerly used where we now use having. “Being to go to a ball in a few days.” Miss Edgeworth.☞ In modern usage, is, are, was or ...