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highting

highting is the present participle and gerund of hight.

Meaning of hight

Verb

hight (third-person singular simple present hights, present participle highting, simple past and past participle hight)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To call, name.
    • King Arthur's court was hight Camelot.
  2. (archaic, copulative) To be called or named.
    • I hight Sir Galahad.
  3. (archaic, dialectal) To command; to enjoin.
    • Malaise priest of Innishmurry / Hights me go, and I obey.1872, John Stuart Blackie, Lays of the Highlands and Islands

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Questions about highting

What is highting the present participle and gerund of?
Highting is the present participle and gerund of hight.

Words near highting in the dictionary

  1. highth
  2. Highthorn
  3. highths
  4. hightide
  5. hightides
  6. highting
  7. hightlight
  8. hightobies
  9. hightoby
  10. Highton
  11. hightop

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