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    behest
    be‧hest /bɪˈhest/ noun
     Language: Old English
     Origin: behæs __promise__, from behatan __to promise__
    at the behest of somebody formal because someone has asked for something or ordered something to happen:
        The committee was set up at the behest of the president.