Definitions for behest

behest be·hest

Spelling: [bih-hest]
IPA: /bɪˈhɛst/

Behest is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 80 anagrams from letters in behest (beehst).

Definitions for behest

noun

  1. a command or directive.
  2. an earnest or strongly worded request.

Origin of behest

before 1000; Middle English bihest(e), Old English behǣs promise. See be-, hest

Examples for behest

The following day, Magnitsky was arrested at the behest of Lt. Col. Kuznetsov.

To have died at your behest at the instant would have been as nothing.

Or the time he ran and hid—at his mother's behest—during the Battle of the Blackwater.

Such is the behest of Providence; there are compulsions linked to treason.

I explained I was in the country at the behest of the Department of State, as a kind of cultural ambassador.

"I'm no trunk to be shipped hither and thither at someone's behest," I said.

Jackson declined to comment on the case, saying it was at the behest of his lawyer.

And if ye give me my life, I will be your man and do your behest.'

That was easily done; but what should be done as to the other behest?

The pair were working at the behest of a human-rights organization called the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD).

Word Value for behest
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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