Etymology

behate

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Today it means: To hate; detest. Full definition →

Middle English behaten
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombehaten
  2. English todaybehate

From Middle English behaten, equivalent to be- + hate.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.