ppl. a. Obs. Also 4 by-. [f. BE- 2 + HATE.] To hold in hatred, to hate greatly, detest.
c. 1340. Cursor M., 11962 (Laud MS.). Why he makyth vs for his maners by-hatid [v.r. be hated] þus.
c. 1374. Chaucer, Boeth., III. iv. 75. Al was he byhated of all folk.
1474. Caxton, Chesse, 89. He was sore behated.
1577. Holinshed, Chron., II. 34/1. Through false informations wrongfullie behated.
