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Definition of Behoove
1. Verb. Be appropriate or necessary. "It behooves us to reflect on this matter"
Definition of Behoove
1. v. t. To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.
2. v. i. To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due.
3. n. Advantage; behoof.
Definition of Behoove
1. Verb. (American English) To suit; to befit ¹
2. Verb. (American English) To be necessary ¹
3. Verb. (American English) To be in one's best interest; to benefit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Behoove
1. to be proper for [v -HOOVED, -HOOVING, -HOOVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behoove
Literary usage of Behoove
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by William Robertson (1825)
"... indeed, it should behoove us to consider otherwise of her cause than to satisfy
her desire in restitution of her to the government of that kingdom. ..."
2. The Works of Wm. Robertson, D.D. in Eight Volumes by William Robertson (1825)
"... indeed, it should behoove us to consider otherwise of her cause than to satisfy
her desire in restitution of her to the government of that kingdom. ..."
3. A Dictionary: English and Burmese by Adoniram Judson (1849)
"T^« to assume, c^oS behoove (to do,) v. ^u — pardon/ Being, я. existence, (y6[j£i«
a person existing, Beget, i». t. to generate, ..."
4. A Key to the Exercises of Fasquelle's New French Method by Louis Fasquelle (1864)
"Does it behoove yoa (Is it your duty) to punish him, when te deserves it ? 16.
It is my place to punish him, for I am as a father to him. 17. ..."
5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1971 had informed me . .. that it would behoove me not to swing violently at the
ball —John Lowenstein, quoted in Sports Illustrated, 16 Aug. ..."
6. The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce ...: Also the Judgement of Martin Bucer by John Milton (1820)
"... how can we affirm such a matrimony to be the same which God instituted ?
in such an accident it will best behoove our soberness to follow rather what ..."
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