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.

Webster 1913