bidding, command, demand, dictation, hest, injunction, order, prompting, say-so, special order, word
Definitionn. an authoritative command or request
Last update: October 13, 2015
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The Foreign Minister addressed the meeting at the behest of PM. [Please select]
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At the president’s behest, the prisoner will be pardoned for his crimes. [Please select]
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Dholahtaf, but is now known as the Cherra-Saadeh, and is in the popular tradition said to have been excavated by a man from Basra at the behest of a woman of Hit whom he desired to make his wife. [Please select]
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Hereupon the Marquis rose, albeit unwillingly, and bowing, hurried off to obey her behest. [Please select]
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And Chum, with head and brush a-droop, walked meekly into the kitchen at his master's behest. [Please select]
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And he will be wroth against us if we delay yet longer to do his behest. [Please select]
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On the first of September, 1909, the Spanish government--at the behest of the Catholic Church--arrested Francisco Ferrer. [Please select]
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Fashion with words your tongues of fire, To tell the nation's high behest. [Please select]
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I see grave objections myself to your obeying the Kaiser's behest. [Please select]
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