Noun

(en noun)

The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

That which is enjoined; an order; a mandate; a decree; a command; a precept; a direction.

(legal) A writ or process, granted by a court of equity, and, in some cases, under statutes, by a court of law, whereby a party is required to do or to refrain from doing certain acts, according to the exigency of the writ.

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Noun

(en noun)

A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request.

* 1977 , , Penguin Classics, p. 278:

Paul did not dare pronounce, let matters rest, / His master having given him no behest .

* Sir Walter Scott

to do his master's high behest

* 2007 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day :

And young Mr. Fleetwood Vibe was here at the behest of his father, Wall Street eminence Scarsdale Vibe, who was effectively bankrolling the Expedition.

* 2009 , “What a waste”, The Economist , 15 Oct 2009:

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.

* 2011 , Owen Gibson, The Guardian , 24 Mar 2011:

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.

A vow; a promise.

* Paston

The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made.