behest

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

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.

Verb

To promise; vow.

Conceptes

ordre

Sinònims

command

order

instruction

mandate

injunction

bidding

dictate

summons

commandment

bid

ultimatum

prescript

prescription

direction

monition

ordinance

precept

prescribe

requisition

writ

prohibition

assignation

word of advice

assignment

decree

demand

dictation

directive

edict

exhortation

fiat

imperative

interdict

interdiction

invitation

law

Traduccions

εντολή

Geheiß

ordem

προσταγή

commandement

demande

irade

Befehl

διαταγή

comando

ordine

opdracht

comando

orden

buyruk

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/bɪˈhɛst/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: biheste

Heretat de anglès antic: behǣs

Cognat amb anglès antic: behātan

Cognat amb Middle Low German: beheit

In summary

From Middle English biheste, from Old English behǣs (“vow, promise”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaisi, from *bi- (“be-”) + *haisi (“command”), from Proto-Germanic *haisiz, from *haitaną (“to command”). Final -t by analogy with other similar words in -t. Related to Old English behātan (“to command, promise”), Middle Low German beheit, behēt (“a promise”). Compare also hest (“command”), hight.