Hest (hĕst), n. [AS. hǣs, fr. hātan to call, bid. See Hight, and cf. Behest.] Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See Behest. “At thy hest.” Shak.
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Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. Fairfax.
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Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. Tennyson.