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# behest

«behest» in Mova's school dictionary: **A command or order, often from someone in charge: «at his…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (behests) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

A command or order, often from someone in charge: «at his behest» means as he ordered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behest/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a king's or master's command that must be obeyed

### examples

- She came at the king's behest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behest/#x1)
- They built the tower at his behest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behest/#x2)
- Obey my behest and you will be rewarded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behest/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «behest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/behest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.