Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to behest
Participle: behested
Gerund: behesting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | behest |
| you | behest |
| he;she;it | behests |
| we | behest |
| you | behest |
| they | behest |
Perfect
| I | have behested |
| you | have behested |
| he;she;it | has behested |
| we | have behested |
| you | have behested |
| they | have behested |
Past
| I | behested |
| you | behested |
| he;she;it | behested |
| we | behested |
| you | behested |
| they | behested |
Pluperfect
| I | had behested |
| you | had behested |
| he;she;it | had behested |
| we | had behested |
| you | had behested |
| they | had behested |
Future
| I | will behest |
| you | will behest |
| he;she;it | will behest |
| we | will behest |
| you | will behest |
| they | will behest |
Future Perfect
| I | will have behested |
| you | will have behested |
| he;she;it | will have behested |
| we | will have behested |
| you | will have behested |
| they | will have behested |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | behest |
| you | behest |
| he;she;it | behest |
| we | behest |
| you | behest |
| they | behest |
Perfect
| I | have behested |
| you | have behested |
| he;she;it | have behested |
| we | have behested |
| you | have behested |
| they | have behested |
Imperfect
| I | behested |
| you | behested |
| he;she;it | behested |
| we | behested |
| you | behested |
| they | behested |
Pluperfect
| I | had behested |
| you | had behested |
| he;she;it | had behested |
| we | had behested |
| you | had behested |
| they | had behested |
Conditional
Present
| I | would behest |
| you | would behest |
| he;she;it | would behest |
| we | would behest |
| you | would behest |
| they | would behest |
Perfect
| I | would have behested |
| you | would have behested |
| he;she;it | would have behested |
| we | would have behested |
| you | would have behested |
| they | would have behested |
Imperative
| you | behest |
| we | Let's behest |
| you | behest |
Verbs conjugated like 'behest'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'behest'
beast,
bebeast,
becast,
becheat,
bedust,
beget,
beghast,
beghost,
behat,
behead,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. behæs "a vow," perhaps from behatan "to promise," confused with obs. hest "command," which may account for the parasitic -t as well as the M.E. shift in meaning to "command, injunction" (c.1175).
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.
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