ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include command, voice, enjoinment, behest, commaund, commandement.

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