Hest (?), n. [AS. h�s, fr. h�tan to call, bid. See Hight, and cf. Behest.] Command; precept; injunction. See Behest. “At thy hest.” Shak.
Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. Fairfax.
Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. Tennyson.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.