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Definition of behest noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

behest

noun

NAmE//bɪˈhɛst//

[singular]

Idioms

at somebody's behest (old use or formal)

because someone has ordered or requested it at the king's behest/at the behest of the king

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