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▪ I. † reˈhete, v.1 Obs.
Also 4 rehayte, reheyit.
[ad. OF. reheter, -heiter, -haiter, ‘to reuiue, reioyce, cheere vp exceedingly’ (Cotgr.), the stem of which has been referred to the Teutonic *hait- hote: see Skeat Notes Eng. Etym. (1901) 246.]
1. trans. To cheer, comfort, or encourage, esp. by kind or friendly words and treatment.
a1340Hampole Psalter ciii. 17 Þat is, þat man rehete his thouȝt in grace of the holy gost. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 127 He wolde..re-hayte rekenly þe riche & þe poueren, & cherisch hem alle with his cher. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxix. (Placidas) 947 He..gaf hyme mony gyftis gret, hyme & his menȝe to rehet. a1400Morte Arth. 221 Thane þe conquerour kyndly carpede to þose lordes, Rehetede þe Romaynes with realle speche. c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. xv. (B.N.C. MS.) 46 b, Þei reheteden and conforted her lorde. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 1158 With kynde contenance the renk couth thame rehete.
absol.a1400–50Alexander 3999 Porrus, as a prince suld,..Turnes him toward his tulkis & titely rehetis.
b. To strengthen (one) to do something. rare—1.
a1340Hampole Psalter xxii. 2 Þe water of grace..makes vs to recouere oure strenght þat we lost in syn, and rehetis vs to doe goed werkis.
2. To refresh (thirst). rare—1.
a1340Hampole Psalter lxvi. 6 He askis þe watire of godis blissynge, to kole and reheyit his thrist.
3. To entertain with choice food or drink.
c1470Harding Chron. cxlii. xv. (1543), Some bookes sayen he poysoned was to dead Of plummes..With whiche a monke there hym did rehete. c1475Babees Bk. 171 Yf..vnto yow goode mete be brouhte or sente, Withe parte of hit goodely yee theym Rehete.
Hence † reˈheting vbl. n.1, refreshing. Obs.
a1340Hampole Psalter xxii. 2 On þe watere of rehetynge forth he me broght. a1400Prymer (1891) 79 He hath browȝte me foorth up on the water of rehetynge.
▪ II. † reˈhete, v.2 Obs.
Also 6 reheate, reheite.
[Of obscure origin; the relationship, if any, to rahate and rate v.2 is not clear.]
1. trans. To assail, attack, persecute. Hence † reˈheting vbl. n.2
14..Chaucer's Troylus iii. 349 (Harl. MS. 3943), Al þe rehetyng of his sikes sore, At ones þei fled; he felt of hem no more. c1440Partonope 5197 Grete synne haue ye Thus vngodely to rehete me. c1440York Myst. xxxiii. 364 Rehete hym I rede you with rowtes and rappes. c1470Harding Chron. cxxxvi. iii. (1543), But then the death hym felly ganne reheate; Wherfoor anone he satte vp in his seate.
b. To annoy, provoke, irritate. rare—1.
1447O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 78 Damysel quoth he thou art to blame Thus att the begynnyng me to rehete.
2. To rebuke, rate, scold. Also intr. with at.
c1420Langland's P. Pl. C. xiii. 35 To rehercen hit by retoryk to a-rate [MS. T. rehete] dedliche synne. 1460Paston Lett. I. 506 My Lord of Salesbury reheted hym, callyng hym knaves son. Ibid., Sir Antony was reheted for his langage. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xxix. (Percy Soc.) 140 If it be knowen, than bothe you and I Shall be reheited at full shamefully. |