[ US /bɪˈhɛst/ ]
[ UK /bɪhˈɛst/ ]
NOUN
  1. an authoritative command or request
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How To Use behest In A Sentence

  • Whereofter, behest his suzerain law the Thing and the pilsener had the baar, Recknar Jarl, (they called him Roguenor, Irl call him) still passing the change-a-pennies, pengeypigses, a several sort of coyne in livery, pushed their whisper in his hairing, Finnegans Wake
  • Now they are saying that the post-mortem report was also doctored at Rathore's behest, which is totally wrong," she said, adding Girhotra did not inform the Panchkula police before taking his daughter to the PGI in Chandigarh. Daily News & Analysis
  • He placed on the FPPC's website spreadsheets detailing so-called behest contributions, in which politicians funnel large donations to their pet charities from special interests. Home
  • In fact, the troupe first staged the play in Delhi at the behest of the French Embassy on the occasion of Hugo's bicentenary celebrations.
  • Yet she seemed to insinuate that he was here at her behest, and that somehow she intended to make him stay. COLDHEART CANYON
  • The early European navigators and explorers mostly undertook their voyages at the behest of kings in search of wealth.
  • The early European navigators and explorers mostly undertook their voyages at the behest of kings in search of wealth.
  • The local banks at the behest of the big quadrumvirate might be coerced into straining their resources still further. The Titan
  • So the idea that Congress passed the NASA authorization act at Griffin's behest is ludricous. New NASA Admin Rumors - NASA Watch
  • Yet she seemed to insinuate that he was here at her behest, and that somehow she intended to make him stay. COLDHEART CANYON
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