HEST

Etymology

Noun

hest (plural hests)

(obsolete) Command, injunction.

Anagrams

• Esth, Esth., Seth, Tesh, eths, hets, shet, tesh

Source: Wiktionary


Hest, n. Etym: [AS. hs, fr. h to call, bid. See Hight, and cf. Behest.]

Definition: Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See Behest. "At thy hest." Shak. Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. Fairfax. Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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