Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Hote
Hote (hōt), v. t. & 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.