† again-behotev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. With of. To be responsible or surety for a person.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > give assurance or stand surety [verb (intransitive)]
to lay one's life, head, to wed971
to find (take) God, Mahoun, St. Blase, St. George, etc. to borrowa1330
again-behotea1382
to make (also do) faitha1382
pledge1458
to make (also give) warrantisea1535
undertake1548
subscribe1600
underwrite1623
seal1633
underwritea1657
hedge1676
vouch1687
to stand surety (or security)1776
to take warrant on oneself1828
stipulate1829
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxix. 23 A man aȝeen bihoteth [L. repromittit] of his neȝhebore.
Derivatives
again-behoter n. a surety.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a pledge or security
warrantisea1300
surancec1300
borrow-gage1303
suretyc1330
wage1338
wed1340
again-behotera1382
hostagec1400
sickeringa1450
gage1486
soverty1488
vadimonyc1503
pledge1526
slauntiagh1535
band1596
mortgage1598
ward and warsela1600
covenant1644
guaranty1697
security1711
guaranteeship1715
cautionment1815
guarantee1832
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxix. 21 The vnclene the aȝeen bihotere [L. repromissorem] fleeth.
again-behoting n. suretyship, responsibility.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > guaranteeing or pledging
again-behotinga1382
warrantisec1440
warrantisingc1450
acquitc1460
pledging1538
guaranty1592
oppignoration1592
hedginga1631
stipulation1648
warrantship1702
hedge1736
guarantee1786
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. xxix. 24 Most shreude aȝeen bihoting [L. repromissio] spilde manye loouende men.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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