Definition of "hest" [hest]

• Archaic Command; behest. (noun)

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• "Tankens vingede hest letter, flyver op fra hjernens uendelighed, kaster lys"
• "Becker's voice hailed Mac from his hest modification."
• "Away to the harbour and the tents, my friends, to prove the toils of slavery! for such is fate's relentless hest."