heate

English

Noun

heate

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

Archaic spelling of heat.

Anagrams

ethea, hatee

Middle English

Noun

heate

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

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