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Definition of Behooves
1. behoof [n] - See also: behoof
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behooves
Literary usage of Behooves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. At the Tribunal of Caesar: Leaves from the Story of Luther's Life by William Herman Theodore Dau (1921)
""It behooves the Roman Pontiff." The time which had been allowed Luther for ...
It behooves the Roman Pontiff, who by virtue of the authority given him by ..."
2. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"It behooves you, therefore, to enter into an immediate examination of their
conduct, and to instruct them on those points wherein they may be found to have ..."
3. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"It behooves man, therefore, to consider that, if he, through ignorance of ' sir
uses, extirpates a race of animals, he may learn when too late that he has ..."
4. Missionary Review of the World (1898)
"Of fruit it scarcely behooves me to speak, but to His glory be it said, there is
a continuous stream, A GROUP OP CHURCH MEMBERS OF THE ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"... therefore, the greater responsibility rests upon the public men and upon the
public press, and it behooves them to be careful as to what they say. ..."
6. The Law Glossary: Being a Selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French by Thomas Tayler (1858)
"... to give evidence, it behooves that the defence be made by four or six; so that
for every witness, he produce two jurors up to twelve. ..."
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