behest
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
behests
- 1.
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.
- 2.
(obsolete)A vow; a promise.
c. 1440, Markaryte Paston, letter to John Paston The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made.
Động từ
verbV_es/s
behests
V_ing/Gerund
behesting
V_ed/pp
behested
- 1.
(obsolete)To promise; vow.
Từ liên quan
Cùng gốc / liên quan
behest loan
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Nguồn gốc từ
From Middle English biheste, from Old English behǣs (vow, promise), from *bihaisi, from *bi- + *haisi, from Proto-Germanic *haisiz, from *haitaną (to command). Final -t by analogy with other similar words in -t. Related to behātan, beheit, behēt (a promise). Compare also hest (command), hight.