Helen Fenton

Behight: Definition and part of speech

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Behight

  1. p. p. of Behight
  2. imp. of Behight
  3. v. To give in trust; to commit; to intrust.
  4. v. To adjudge; to assign by authority.
  5. v. To mean, or intend.
  6. v. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
  7. v. To call; to name; to address.
  8. v. To command; to order.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Behind: Definition and part of speech

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Behind

  1. n. The backside; the rump.
  2. a. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.
  3. a. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death.
  4. a. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.
  5. adv. At the back part; in the rear.
  6. adv. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind.
  7. adv. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining.
  8. adv. Backward in time or order of succession; past.
  9. adv. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Behindhand: Definition and part of speech

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Behindhand

  1. adv. & a. In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work.
  2. adv. & a. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Behold: Definition and part of speech

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Behold

  1. v. i. To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.
  2. v. t. To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.