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Definition of Behooved
1. behoove [v] - See also: behoove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behooved
Literary usage of Behooved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"It behooved me, if I could not go the Length I would, to drive the Nail as far
as it would go. SUNDAY. Mr. Norris went on in a steady Course to n. perform ..."
2. Reginald Hastings: Or, A Tale of the Troubles in 164- by Eliot Warburton (1850)
"... Hezekiah thae informed Hugo of Ihe part that it behooved him to act :— "And
if you speak truly," exclaimed Hugo, " I will swear to whal you will, ..."
3. The New Creationby Charles Taze Russell by Charles Taze Russell (1998)
"(1 Cor, 15:4) Our Lord's own words, after his resurrection, were, "Thus it is
written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the ..."
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