Definition of Behst
Be*hest" (&?;), n. [OE. biheste
promise, command, AS. beh&aemacr;s promise; pref. be- +
h&aemacr;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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A command, especially an authoritative one
- A request, especially an urgent one
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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