Hĕst, n.

n. [A-S. häs, from hâtan, to call, bid, Goth. háitan, D. heeten, O. H. Ger. heizan, N. H. Ger. heiszen: Ger. geheisz, command.] Command; precept; injunction; order. Let him that yields obey the victor’s hest. Fairfax. [Obsolete, but retained in the compound behest.]