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Definition of "behest" []

  • An authoritative command. (noun)
  • An urgent request: I called the office at the behest of my assistant. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "behest" in a sentence
  • "So the idea that Congress passed the NASA authorization act at Griffin's behest is ludricous."
  • "The fact that the rest of the counrtry begrudges an interstate on-ramp, bridge or courthouse at Bob Byrd’s behest is galling considering how little has been spent on the region in the past."
  • "An thou pass safely through this period, thou shalt win to high rank and succeed to thy sire’s reign; but an things go otherwise then the behest is with Allah from the beginning to the end thereof."