English-Thai Dictionary

behest

N คำสั่ง  decree dictate

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEHEST

n.Command; precept; mandate. [Antiquated, except in poetry. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BEHEST

Be *hest ", n. Etym: [OE. biheste promise, command, AS. beh promise; pref. be- + h command. See Hest, Hight. ]

 

1. That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction. To do his master's high behest. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. A vow; a promise. [Obs. ] The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made. Paston.

 

BEHEST

BEHEST Be *hest ", v. t.

 

Defn: To vow. [Obs. ] Paston.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

behest

be hest |biˈhest bəˈhɛst | ▶noun literary a person's orders or command: they had assembled at his behest | the slaughter of the male children at the behest of Herod. ORIGIN Old English behǣs ‘a vow, ’ from a Germanic base meaning ‘bid ’; related to hight .

 

Oxford Dictionary

behest

behest |bɪˈhɛst | ▶noun literary a person's orders or command: they had assembled at his behest . ORIGIN Old English behǣs ‘a vow ’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘bid ’; related to hight .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

behest

behest noun the plan is being pushed through the legislature at the behest of a few members: instruction, requirement, demand, insistence, bidding, request, wish, desire, will; command, injunction, order, decree, ruling, directive, mandate; informal say-so; rare rescript.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

behest

behest noun literary Mary signed away her kingdom at the behest of Henri II: instruction, bidding, request, requirement, wish, desire; command, order, decree, edict, rule, ruling, directive, direction, charge, will, dictate, demand, insistence, injunction, mandate, precept; informal say-so; rare rescript.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

behest

be hest /bɪhést /名詞 C ｟古 かたく ｠〖通例単数形で 〗命令, 要請 (!通例次の成句で ) . at the beh é st of A ＝at A 's beh é st Aの命により .