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behest

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun behest has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

behestn. [OE. biheste promise, command, AS. beh promise; pref. be- + h command. See Hest, Hight.].
  •  That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.  [1913 Webster]
    "To do his master's high behest."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A vow; a promise.  [1913 Webster]
    "The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made."  [1913 Webster]
behestv. t. 
     To vow.  Paston.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

behest, n. literary a command; an entreaty (went at his behest).

Etymology
OE beh{aelig}s f. Gmc

THESAURUS

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

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behest

Command

N command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod, despatch, dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment, fixture, demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication, ultimatum, request, requirement, dictation, dictate, mandate, caveat, decree, senatus consultum, precept, prescript, rescript, writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti- sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum, tattoo, order of the day, enactment, plebiscite, commanding, authoritative, decretory, decretive, decretal, callable, jussive, in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons, the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le Roi le veut, boutez en avant.

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