▪ 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.
| a 1340 Hampole 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. c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxix. (Placidas) 947 He..gaf hyme mony gyftis gret, hyme & his menȝe to rehet. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 221 Thane þe conquerour kyndly carpede to þose lordes, Rehetede þe Romaynes with realle speche. c 1400 Love Bonavent. Mirr. xv. (B.N.C. MS.) 46 b, Þei reheteden and conforted her lorde. c 1470 Gol. & Gaw. 1158 With kynde contenance the renk couth thame rehete. |
| absol. a 1400–50 Alexander 3999 Porrus, as a prince suld,..Turnes him toward his tulkis & titely rehetis. |
b. To strengthen (one) to do something. rare—1.
| a 1340 Hampole 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.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter lxvi. 6 He askis þe watire of godis blissynge, to kole and reheyit his thrist. |
3. To entertain with choice food or drink.
| c 1470 Harding Chron. cxlii. xv. (1543), Some bookes sayen he poysoned was to dead Of plummes..With whiche a monke there hym did rehete. c 1475 Babees 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.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter xxii. 2 On þe watere of rehetynge forth he me broght. a 1400 Prymer (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. c 1440 Partonope 5197 Grete synne haue ye Thus vngodely to rehete me. c 1440 York Myst. xxxiii. 364 Rehete hym I rede you with rowtes and rappes. c 1470 Harding 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.
| 1447 O. 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.
| c 1420 Langland's P. Pl. C. xiii. 35 To rehercen hit by retoryk to a-rate [MS. T. rehete] dedliche synne. 1460 Paston Lett. I. 506 My Lord of Salesbury reheted hym, callyng hym knaves son. Ibid., Sir Antony was reheted for his langage. 1509 Hawes Past. Pleas. xxix. (Percy Soc.) 140 If it be knowen, than bothe you and I Shall be reheited at full shamefully. |