Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • An obsolete spelling of hot.
  • See hight.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb obsolete To command; to enjoin.
  • verb obsolete To promise.
  • verb obsolete To be called; to be named.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To command; to enjoin.
  • verb obsolete To promise.
  • verb obsolete To be called, be named.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English hoten, from Old English hātan ("to command, be called"), from Proto-Germanic *haitanan (“command, name”), from Proto-Indo-European *kei-, *ki- (“put in motion, be moving”). Cognate with Dutch heten ("to be named"), German heißen ("to be called"), Swedish heta ("to be called"). Related to hight, hete.

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Examples

  • The Seattle company, whose name is pronounced "hote," said it will offer a paid service to businesses to regularly scan their Web sites for potentially damaging code.

    Start-Up's Web-Security Tool 2008

  • But he washed his hands and brushed his hair and they descended to the dining-room, where they ate a 'table d'hote' meal, beginning with lukewarm soup and ending with salty ice cream.

    Cap'n Dan's Daughter Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • The 'table d'hote' meal eaten, the next feature of Mrs. Dott's program was the visit to the Aunt Lavinia homestead.

    Cap'n Dan's Daughter Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • I took up my abode at the French hotel in the Calle de la Niveria, and was allotted a species of cockloft, or garret, to sleep in, for the house was filled with guests, being a place of much resort, on account of the excellent table d'hote which is kept there.

    The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula George Henry Borrow 1842

  • It's twenty minutes past six, and the table d'hote's on time. "

    The Reverberator Henry James 1879

  • I took up my abode at the French hotel in the Calle de la Niveria, and was allotted a species of cockloft, or garret, to sleep in, for the house was filled with guests, being a place of much resort, on account of the excellent table d’hote which is kept there.

    The Bible in Spain 1712

  • She is gorgeous in her normal state, with adorable hair and sparkling eyes that reflect her personality and a sweet little mouth that will break into a wide smile at any moment - but when she busts out her mad makeup skillz, she is way glam, and one hote mama.

    Archive 2008-07-01 kittenpie 2008

  • Right now, Worldcon-wise, my main concern is the alarming delay in releasing convention hote info.

    Hugo Voting and Nominations on the Cheap! SarahP 2010

  • She is gorgeous in her normal state, with adorable hair and sparkling eyes that reflect her personality and a sweet little mouth that will break into a wide smile at any moment - but when she busts out her mad makeup skillz, she is way glam, and one hote mama.

    Still More BFF Blogger Goodness! kittenpie 2008

  • It was BlogFriendsFest this weekend, three days in Niagara Falls with the hote ladies of local-ish blogging.

    Archive 2008-07-01 kittenpie 2008

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  • Do you know when you're on vacation and you say "let's go home" when you mean "let's go back to the hotel?" I've taken to saying "let's go hote" when staying abroad, just to avoid/create confusion.

    March 22, 2014

  • "just to avoid/create confusion" seems like a very useful phrase...

    March 23, 2014

  • Either way, I'm having hotemeal for breakfast.

    March 23, 2014

  • Hoters gonna hote.

    March 24, 2014