hest

Hest, n. Etym: [AS. hs, fr. h to call, bid. See Hight, and cf. Behest.] Defn: Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See Behest. "At thy hest." Shak. Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. Fairfax. Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. Tennyson.

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