Hest
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /hɛst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hest is a noun meaning (obsolete) Command, injunction.
Meaning
(obsolete) Command, injunction.
Example Sentences
Fer[dinand]. […] VVhat is your name? / Mir[anda]. Miranda, O my Father, / I haue broke your heſt to ſay ſo.
[T]hou [Ariel] vvaſt a Spirit too delicate / To act her [the witch Sycorax's] earthy, and abhord commands, / Refuſing her grand heſts, ſhe did confine thee / By helpe of her more potent Miniſters, / And in her moſt vnmittigable rage, / Into a cloven Pyne, […]
Word Forms
- hests
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include command, voice, enjoinment, behest, commaund, commandement.
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