English Dictionary: Hest | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hest \Hest\, n. [AS. h[?]s, fr. h[?]tan to call, bid. See {Hight}, and cf. {Behest}.] Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See {Behest}. [bd]At thy hest.[b8] --Shak. Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. --Fairfax. Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. --Tennyson. |