OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22394

behest

/bɪˈhɛst/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
[a] instancia • orden • solicitud
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
I have spells for the north, I have charms for the west, / And the south and the east must obey my behest.
to do his master's high behest
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