behest英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of and at one's behest.

— Moſt great and puiſant Monarke of the earth, Your Baſſoe wil accompliſh your beheſt: […]
A vow; a promise. obsolete

— c. 1440, Markaryte Paston, letter to John Paston The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made.

动词 v.

To promise; vow. obsolete

词形变化

behests plural behests present,singular,third-person behesting participle,present behested participle,past behested past

词汇关系

衍生词

behest loan

词源

词源 1

From Middle English biheste, from Old English behǣs (“vow, promise”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaisi, from *bi- (“be-”) + *haisi (“command”), from Proto-Germanic *haisiz, from *haitaną (“to command”). Final -t by analogy with other similar words in -t. Related to Old English behātan (“to command, promise”), Middle Low German beheit, behēt (“a promise”). Compare also hest (“command”), hight.

词源 2

From Middle English biheste, from Old English behǣs (“vow, promise”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaisi, from *bi- (“be-”) + *haisi (“command”), from Proto-Germanic *haisiz, from *haitaną (“to command”). Final -t by analogy with other similar words in -t. Related to Old English behātan (“to command, promise”), Middle Low German beheit, behēt (“a promise”). Compare also hest (“command”), hight.