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behest

[ bih-hest ]

noun

  1. a command or directive.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  2. an earnest or strongly worded request.


behest

/ 产瑟藞丑蓻蝉迟 /

noun

  1. an authoritative order or earnest request
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of behest1

before 1000; Middle English bihest ( e ), Old English 产别丑牵蝉 promise. See be-, hest
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of behest1

Old English 产别丑牵蝉 , from 产别丑腻迟补苍 ; see be- , hest
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When Rickey shows up unexpectedly in the couple鈥檚 backyard, it鈥檚 not long before he whisks Glenn away on a trip at Rosie鈥檚 behest.

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The decision is the third in the past week to overturn a judge鈥檚 ruling at the behest of the Trump administration.

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A basketball hoop, at which students often shoot competitively at the behest of Carroll, sits at the front of the auditorium beneath video displays showing his 鈥淲in Forever鈥 pyramid.

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At the behest of a friend, he moved to Atlanta to find his direction.

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Her death, largely contrived by Cromwell at the behest of his prince, bookends the 2015 adaptation and opens the 2025 sequel, creating a kind of illusion that the ten years separating them never existed.

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