Definitions
an authoritative command or request
Word origin
From Middle English biheste, from Old English behǣs (“vow, promise”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaisi, from *bi- (“be-”) + *haisi (“command”), from Proto-Germanic *haisiz, from *haitaną (“to command”). Final -t by analogy with other similar words in -t. Related to Old English behātan (“to command, promise”), Middle Low German beheit, behēt (“a promise”). Compare also hest (“command”), hight.
Used in a sentence
“Moſt great and puiſant Monarke of the earth, Your Baſſoe wil accompliſh your beheſt: […]”
“to do his master's high behest”
“I have spells for the north, I have charms for the west, / And the south and the east must obey my behest.”
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01“Authoritative request”6 letters
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