behest
noun
[ bɪˈhɛst ]
• a person's orders or command.
• "they had assembled at his behest"
Similar:
instruction,
bidding,
request,
requirement,
wish,
desire,
command,
order,
decree,
edict,
rule,
ruling,
directive,
direction,
charge,
will,
dictate,
demand,
insistence,
injunction,
mandate,
precept,
say-so,
rescript,
Origin:
Old English behǣs ‘a vow’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘bid’; related to hight.
