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hest
/
hɛst
/
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[
hest
]
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noun
Archaic
.
behest.
Origin:
before 1150;
Middle English
hest
(
e
),
Old English
hǣs;
akin to
hātan
to bid
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hest
(hɛst)
—
n
an archaic word for
behest
[Old English
hǣs;
related to
hātan
to promise, command]
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"Ferdinand. I do beseech you—
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