Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To promise; vow.

Origin

From Middle English biheste, from Old English behǣs (“vow, promise”), from Proto-West Germ

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.

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Forms

behests, behesting, behested, behested

regular · Lesson

Base formbehest · to behest
3rd person singularbehests
Present participlebehesting
Past simplebehested
Past participlebehested

Tenses

behest · behested · will behest · have behested

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybehest
he, she, itbehests

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave behested
he, she, ithas behested

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill behest

Past simpleLesson

all personsbehested

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
behavioralbehaviourA2beheadbehemothbehindA1

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