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   Be·hest

   /bəˈhest/

   

   noun

   • 1. a person's orders or command: literary "they had assembled at his behest"

   Word Origin Old Englishbehǣs ‘a vow’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘bid’; related to hight.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

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