behest
(noun) an authoritative command or request
Source: WordNet® 3.1
behest (plural behests)
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of. [from 12th c.]
(obsolete) A vow; a promise.
behest (third-person singular simple present behests, present participle behesting, simple past and past participle behested)
(obsolete) To promise; vow.
• Bethes, Thebes, ThĂŞbes, bethes, thebes
Source: Wiktionary
Be*hest", n. Etym: [OE. biheste promise, command, AS. beh promise; pref. be- + h 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.
Definition: To vow. [Obs.] Paston.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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