hest
noun
hests
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pluralof hest.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Lords' hests must be listened to with a quick ear.
From Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
Venus, convey this monster fro the earth, That disobeyeth thus thy sacred hests!
From Locrine/Mucedorus by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
As Albornoz finished this epistle, he summoned his confidential attendant, a Spanish gentleman, who saw nothing in his noble birth that should prevent his fulfilling the various hests of the Cardinal.
From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
The soul is worthily lodged in these powerful frames; and she has the ease and dignity of one accustomed to command, and to command servants able to obey her hests.
From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I by Margaret Fuller
We are enslaved to tyrants' hests, Who have our freedom won: Our fainting hope now only rests On thy succeeding son.
From Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684 by Charles Mackay
