hest

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hest

/hɛst/

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From Middle English heste, alteration of Middle English hes, from Old English hǣs (“command”). Akin to Old English hātan "to command". More at hight.

noun hests

obsolete Command, injunction. [T]hou [Ariel] vvaſt a Spirit too delicate / To act her [the witch Sycorax's] earthy, and abhord commands, / Refuſing her grand heſts, ſhe did confine thee / By helpe of her more potent Miniſters, / And in her moſt vnmittigable rage, / Into a cloven Pyne, […]

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noun command, injunction

Русский	прика́з prikáz, приказа́ние prikazánije

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@misc{hest_2026,
  title = {hest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}