Associations to the word «Behest»

Wiktionary

BEHEST, noun. A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request. [from 12th c.]
BEHEST, noun. A vow; a promise.
BEHEST, verb. (obsolete) To promise; vow.

Dictionary definition

BEHEST, noun. An authoritative command or request.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca