heate

English

Noun

heate

1. Archaic spelling of heat.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:

     I know not where is that promethian heate, That can thy light relumine

Verb

heate

1. Archaic spelling of heat.

Anagrams

• ethea, hatee

Middle English

Noun

heate

1. (Early Middle English, Late Middle English) Alternative form of hete (“heat”)