behest[noun]Synonyms: command, bidding, charge, dictate, injunction, mandate, order, word
Related Words: demand,
prompting,
request,
solicitation [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
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. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲