hoten

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === hoaten, haten === Etymology === From Old English hātan (“to command, call promise”). More at hight, hest, behest. === Verb === hoten (third-person sg present hatte or hot, present participle hotende or hotynge, third-person sg preterite hight or heet, past participle (y)hote(n)) to command, enjoin to promise to be called, be named; hight ==== Descendants ==== English: hight Scots: hate, hait == Slovene == === Participle === hotȅn past passive participle of hoteti == Swedish == === Noun === hoten definite plural of hot