BEHEST

behest. Behest, n. a command, order, message, promise

---

Be‐hest″ (�), n. [[OE. biheste promise, command, AS. behǣs promise; pref. be- + hǣs command. See Hest, Hight.]] 1. 1. That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.
To do his master's high behest. Sir W. Scott. 2. 2. A vow; a promise.
The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made. Paston.