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Height (hīt), n. [Written also hight.] [OE. heighte, heght, heighthe, AS. heáhðu, hēhðu fr. heah high; akin to D. hoogte, Sw. höjd, Dan. höide, Icel. hæð, Goth. hauhiþa. See High.]
1. The condition of being high; elevated position.
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Behold the height of the stars, how high they are! Job xxii. 12.
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2. The distance to which anything rises above its foot, above that on which in stands, above the earth, or above the level of the sea; altitude; the measure upward from a surface, as the floor or the ground, of an animal, especially of a man; stature. Bacon.
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[Goliath's] height was six cubits and a span. 1 Sam. xvii. 4.
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3. Degree of latitude either north or south. [Obs.]
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Guinea lieth to the north sea, in the same height as Peru to the south. Abp. Abbot.
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4. That which is elevated; an eminence; a hill or mountain; as, “Alpine heights”. Dryden.
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5. Elevation in excellence of any kind, as in power, learning, arts; also, an advanced degree of social rank; preëminence or distinction in society; prominence.
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Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. R. Browning.
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All would in his power hold, all make his subjects. Chapman.
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6. Progress toward eminence; grade; degree.
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Social duties are carried to greater heights, and enforced with stronger motives by the principles of our religion. Addison.
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7. Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, “the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest.”
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My grief was at the height before thou camest. Shak.
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On height, aloud. [Obs.]
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[He] spake these same words, all on hight. Chaucer.
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Hight (?), n. A variant of Height.
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Hight (?), v. t. & i. [imp. Hight, Hot (), p. p. Hight, Hote (), Hoten (). See Hote.] [OE. heiten, highten, haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was called, AS. hātan to call, name, be called, to command, promise; also hātte is called, was called; akin to G. heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the passive, to be called.]
1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]
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☞ In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a present, meaning is called or named, also as a preterite, was called or named. This form has also been used as a past participle. See Hote.
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The great poet of Italy,
That highte Dante. Chaucer.
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Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. Surrey.
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Entered then into the church the Reverend Teacher.
Father he hight, and he was, in the parish. Longfellow.
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Childe Harold was he hight. Byron.
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2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]
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But the sad steel seized not where it was hight
Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. Spenser.
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3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]
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Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. Spenser.
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4. To promise. [Obs.]
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He had hold his day, as he had hight. Chaucer.
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