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Definition behest
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English beh?s (“vow, promise”), from Proto-Germanic *bi (“be-”), *haisiz (“command”), from *haitan? (“to command”). Final -t by analogy with other similar words in -t. Related to Old English beh?tan (“to command, promise”), Middle Low German beheit, beh?t (“a promise”). Compare also hest (“command”), hight.
Noun
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.
Verb
behest (third-person singular simple present behests, present participle behesting, simple past and past participle behested)
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