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
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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