Hyphenation
be·heştSynonyms
bidding,
charge,
command,
commandment,
demand,
dictate,
direction,
expressed desire,
injunction,
instruction,
mandate,
order,
precept,
prompting,
requestEtymology
() From Middle English behest (“promise, command”), from Old English behǣs (“vow, promise”), derived from Proto-Germanic *bi (“be-”), *haissijō (“command”), from *haitanan (“to command”), related to Old English behātan (“to command, promise”), Middle Low German beheit, behēt (“a promise”). Possibly blended with hest (“command”). More at hight.