hest Meaning, Definition & Usage

Hest noun

Etymology

AS. hs, fr. htan to call, bid. See Hight, and cf. Behest.

Definitions

1. Command; precept; injunction. Archaic See Behest. "At thy hest." Shak.

   Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. Fairfax.

   Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. Tennyson.