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- noun Plural form of
behest .
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Examples
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Will, is himself the source of all law to his followers, unerring, impeccable; to question or disobey his behests is a sin against religion, as well as a political crime.
International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 9, August 26, 1850 Various
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Reuters Korean People's Army soldiers attend a rally to 'renew their pledge to implement the behests of leader Kim Jong-il and remain true to the leadership of Supreme Commander Kim Jong Eun' at the plaza of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang on Monday.
North Korea Accuses U.S. of Politicizing Food Aid Evan Ramstad 2012
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It was indeed a tribute to Society to find a room set apart for her behests out there on so apparently neighborless and remote an island.
Archive 2009-09-01 Linda 2009
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It was indeed a tribute to Society to find a room set apart for her behests out there on so apparently neighborless and remote an island.
The "Best Room" Linda 2009
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` It would seem your function is to twist truth at the command of your employers, who, in turn, obey the behests of the corporations. '
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I fear not his making impression on these poor women, the vassals of the Church, and bred up in due obedience to her behests.
The Monastery 2008
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For thou art wroth for a marriage never destined for thee; nor is thy sister Theonoe, daughter of a Nereid goddess, wronging thee because she honours the word of God and her father's just behests.
Helen 2008
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For thou art wroth for a marriage never destined for thee; nor is thy sister Theonoe, daughter of a Nereid goddess, wronging thee because she honours the word of God and her father's just behests.
Helen 2008
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Some mad desire possesses the host of Hellas to sail forthwith to the land of the barbarians, and put a stop to the rape of wives from Hellas, and they will slay my daughters in Argos as well as you and me, if I disregard the goddess's behests.
Iphigenia at Aulis 2008
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There the nymphs, like sea-mews, plunged beneath the depths, when they had fulfilled the behests of the spouse of Zeus.
The Argonautica 2008
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