behest
- a command or directive.
- an earnest or strongly worded request.
Origin of behest
Synonyms for behest
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precept, direction, instruction, word, demand, wish, injunction, request, commandment, charge, command, bidding, mandate, dictate, order, solicitationExamples from the Web for behest
Contemporary Examples of behest
Jackson declined to comment on the case, saying it was at the behest of his lawyer.
The pair were working at the behest of a human-rights organization called the Global Network for Rights and Development (GNRD).
I explained I was in the country at the behest of the Department of State, as a kind of cultural ambassador.
Or the time he ran and hid—at his mother's behest—during the Battle of the Blackwater.
Game of Thrones’ ‘The Lion and the Rose’: Joffrey’s Demented, Shocking Royal WeddingAndrew Romano
April 14, 2014
The following day, Magnitsky was arrested at the behest of Lt. Col. Kuznetsov.
Historical Examples of behest
"I'm no trunk to be shipped hither and thither at someone's behest," I said.
Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown PrincessHenry W. Fischer
That was easily done; but what should be done as to the other behest?
Is He Popenjoy?Anthony Trollope
And if ye give me my life, I will be your man and do your behest.'
King Arthur's KnightsHenry Gilbert
Such is the behest of Providence; there are compulsions linked to treason.
Napoleon the LittleVictor Hugo
To have died at your behest at the instant would have been as nothing.
The Fixed PeriodAnthony Trollope
behest
- an authoritative order or earnest request