Word Frequency
behest (bɪˈhɛst
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Definitions
noun
- an authoritative order or earnest request
Word Origin
Old English behǣs, from behātan; see be-, hestSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = at someone's command, by someone's order, at someone's demand, at someone's wish, by someone's decree, at someone's bidding, at someone's instruction, by someone's mandate, at someone's dictate, at someone's commandment
Example Sentences Including 'behest'
At the Twenty-eighth Congress of the CPSU in July I990, at the behest of Gorbachev, Akayev was elected to the Central Committee.Between Marx and Muhammed
At the behest of BBC Radio Four, I'm going to put together a short series of programmes provisionally titled'The Forgotten Americans.Belfast Telegraph (2003)
In February or March 1979, at Tinmeer's behest , I had borrowed from Knights a triple album by the Grateful Dead.MUSIC FOR BOYS (2003)
It was reportedly at the behest of his astrologer that Krishna had his swearing-in ceremony planned at 10.25 a. m. last Monday.India Today (1999)
Later, at the behest of OSC staff examining its prospectus, YBM hired Deloitte & Touche to perform a high-risk audit.Globe and Mail (2003)
Most Prime Ministers are forced out either by sickness or at the behest of party opinion (or both).Times, Sunday Times (2002)
She admitted to deciding on a training career only at the behest of husband Dean.Courier, Sunday Mail (2002)
Yet she seemed to insinuate that he was here at her behest , and that somehow she intended to make him stay.COLDHEART CANYON (2001)
`I have come, at Councillor Chade's behest , to tell you of how I am treated here.THE GOLDEN FOOL: Book Two of the Tawny Man (2002)
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