Hest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hest \Hest\ (h[e^]st), n. [AS. h[=ae]s, fr. h[=a]tan to call,
     bid. See {Hight}, and cf. {Behest}.]
     Command; precept; injunction. [Archaic] See {Behest}. "At thy
     hest." --Shak.
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           Let him that yields obey the victor's hest. --Fairfax.
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           Yet I thy hest will all perform, at full. --Tennyson.
     Hestern