1) An authoritative command 2) Apt rhyme for request 3) Authoritative command 4) Authoritative order 5) Bidding 6) Command 7) Demand 8) Dictation 9) Directive 10) Earnest order 11) Exclusively Saxon word 12) Exclusively Anglo word 13) Order 14) Strong request 15) Urgent prompting 16) Urgent request 1) Command 2) Mandate 3) Request 
• (v. t.) To vow. • (n.) A vow; a promise. • (n.) That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.
Be·hest' noun [ Middle English biheste promise, command, Anglo-Saxon behǣs promise; prefix be- + hǣs command. See Hest , Hight .] 1. That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction. « To do his master's high ...Be·hest' transitive verb To vow. [ Obsolete] Paston. 
[n] - an authoritative command or request
noun an authoritative command or request
a command or directive. · an earnest or strongly worded request.
[Loquacious words] an authoritative command or request