- hest
- noun Etymology: Middle English hest, hes, from Old English hǣs; akin to Old English hātan to command — more at hight Date: before 12th century archaic command, precept
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Hest — (h[e^]st), n. [AS. h[=ae]s, fr. h[=a]tan to call, bid. See {Hight}, and cf. {Behest}.] Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See {Behest}. At thy hest. Shak. [1913 Webster] Let him that yields obey the victor s hest. Fairfax. [1913 Webster] Yet … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hest — may refer to:* Ari Hest (born 1979), American singer songwriter * Greg van Hest (born 1973), Dutch runneree also* Hest Bank … Wikipedia
hest — /hest/, n. Archaic. behest. [bef. 1150; ME hest(e), OE haes; akin to hatan to bid] * * * … Universalium
hest — sb., en, e, ene, i sms. heste , fx hestekøretøj, dog hest i hestfolk og hestgarde … Dansk ordbog
hest — [hest] n. [ME, with unhistoric t < OE hæs, command < base of hatan, to call, akin to Ger heissen < IE base * kēi , to set in motion > L ciere, Gr kinein] Archaic behest; bidding; order … English World dictionary
hest — index directive, fiat Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hest — bidding, command, O.E. hæs bidding, behest, command, from P.Gmc. *hait ti , from *haitan to call, name (see HIGHT (Cf. hight) (v.)). With t added in M.E. on model of other pairings (Cf. WIST (Cf. wist)/wesan) … Etymology dictionary
hest — al·ka·hest; be·hest; hest; … English syllables
hest — [[t]hɛst[/t]] n. archaic behest • Etymology: bef. 1150; ME hest(e), OE hǣ s … From formal English to slang
Hest Bank — is a village in north western Lancashire, England, the boundaries of which include the coastline, from a western shoreline of salt flats that adjoin the northern extremities of Morecambe s Victorian era Promenade, to a less clearly defined… … Wikipedia
