sb. Obs. [OE. behát, f. behátan to promise: cf. BEHETE, BEHIGHT sb.] A promise.

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c. 1000.  Ags. Gosp., Luke xxiv. 49. Ic sende on eow mines fæder behat.

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c. 1175.  Cott. Hom., 225. Ic wille settan mi wed … to þisan behate.

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a. 1300.  E. E. Psalter cxv. 14. Mi be-hotes yhelde sal I Bifore alle his folke.

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