2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Hatte \Hat"te\ (h[aum]t"te), pres. & imp. sing. & pl. of {Hote}, to be called. See {Hote}. [Obs.] --Chaucer. A full perilous place, purgatory it hatte. --Piers Plowman. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Hote \Hote\, verb (used with an object) & i. [pres. & imp. {Hatte}, {Hot}, etc.; p. p. {Hote}, {Hoten}, {Hot}, etc. See {Hight}, {Hete}.] 1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 2. To promise. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.] There as I was wont to hote Arcite, Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite. --Chaucer.

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