hest
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hest
before 1150; Middle English hest ( e ), Old English hǣs; akin to hātan to bid
Example Sentences
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Americana is the day's rage, but the hest of it needs no rewriting.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am convinced that a sufficient number of supporters of the idea will be found in the United States to erect a tomb where his body may hest throughout the years.
From Time Magazine Archive
High Virtue's hest is eloquent With spur and not with martingall: Sufficeth not thou'rt continent: BE COURTEOUS, BRAVE, AND LIBERAL.
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
And stranger still, this castle comes And goes where'er the will Of him who holds the rule within Shall bid, his hest to fill.
From Mother Truth's Melodies Common Sense For Children by Miller, Mrs. E. P.
Still of thy famous deeds they tell In heaven above, in earth, and hell, A mighty host obeys thy hest: Here let it still, I pray thee, rest.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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