Behest vs X - What's the difference?
behest | x |
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request.
* 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 278:
* Sir Walter Scott
* 2007 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day :
* 2009 , “What a waste”, The Economist , 15 Oct 2009:
* 2011 , Owen Gibson, The Guardian , 24 Mar 2011:
A vow; a promise.
* Paston
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
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Roman numerals
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As a noun behest
is a command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request.As a verb behest
is (obsolete) to promise; vow.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.behest
English
Noun
(en noun)- Paul did not dare pronounce, let matters rest, / His master having given him no behest .
- to do his master's high behest
- And young Mr. Fleetwood Vibe was here at the behest of his father, Wall Street eminence Scarsdale Vibe, who was effectively bankrolling the Expedition.
- the House of Representatives will try to water down even this feeble effort at the behest of the unions whose members enjoy some of the most lavish policies.
- The Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, is to meet with the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, at the behest of the Premier League in a bid to resolve their long-running feud.
- The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made.