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Webster 1913 Edition

Hest

Hest

(hĕst)
,
Noun.
[AS.
hǣs
, fr.
hātan
to call, bid. See
Hight
, and cf.
Behest
.]
Command; precept; injunction.
[Archaic]
See
Behest
.
“At thy hest.”
Shak.
Let him that yields obey the victor’s
hest
.
Fairfax.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hest

HEST

,
Noun.
Command; precept; injunction; order. [Now obsolete,but it is retained in the compound, behest.]

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