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Behest

behest
 noun  Etymology: Middle English, promise, command, from Old English beh?s promise, from behatan to promise, from be- + hatan to command, promise — more at hight  Date: 12th century  1. an authoritative order ; command  2. an urgent prompting called at the ~ of my friends
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  n. literary a command; an entreaty (went at his behest). Etymology: OE beh{aelig}s f. Gmc ...
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2.
  1. повеление; приказ; заповедь, завет I am ready to act at your behest —- я готов исполнить вашу волю 2. просьба, приглашение at the behest of smb. —- по приглашению кого-л. ...
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  noun poet. приказание, повеление; завет ...
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4.
  (behests) If something is done at someone’s behest, it is done because they have ordered or requested it. (FORMAL) In 1970, at his new wife’s behest, they moved to Southampton... PHRASE: PHR after v ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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  ~ n at the behest of formal because someone has requested or ordered it ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
  - O.E. behжs "a vow," perhaps from behatan "to promise," confused with obs. hest "command," which may account for the parasitic -t as well as the M.E. shift in meaning to "command, injunction." ...
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