About The Word Behest
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Behest
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What's The Definition Of Behest?
[n] an authoritative command or request
Synonyms | Synonyms for Behest: Related Terms | Find terms related to Behest: bidding | charge | command | commandment | demand | dictate | dictation | direct order | hest | imperative | injunction | mandate | order | pleasure | prompting | request | say-so | solicitation | special order | will | word | word of command See Also | bid | bidding | command | dictation Behest In Webster's Dictionary \Be*hest"\, n. [OE. biheste promise, command, AS.
beh[=ae]s promise; pref. be- + h[=ae]s command. See {Hest},
{Hight}.]
1. That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an
injunction.
To do his master's high behest. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. A vow; a promise. [Obs.]
The time is come that I should send it her, if I
keep the behest that I have made. --Paston.
\Be*hest"\, v. t. To vow. [Obs.] --Paston. |
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