Definitions for: Behest

[n] an authoritative command or request

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

See Also: bid, bidding, command, dictation

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