Hat·te pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of Hote, to be called. See Hote. [Obs.]
     A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte.   --Piers Plowman.
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  Hote v. t. & i. [pres. & imp. Hatte Hot etc.; p. p. Hote, Hoten Hot, etc. See Hight, Hete.]
  1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.]
  2. To promise. [Obs.]
  3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]
  There as I was wont to hote Arcite,
  Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite.   --Chaucer.
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