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Definition of Behooving
1. behoove [v] - See also: behoove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behooving
Literary usage of Behooving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"(severe) 739 ; behooving &.C. v. ; incumbent -, chargeable- on ; under obligation ;
obliged -, bound -, tied- by ; saddled with. due -, beholden -, bound - ..."
2. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"Straighter he stood, and had achieved some praise In other exercise, much more
behooving A soldier's taste than merely dirt removing. ..."
3. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton (1860)
"For (major and minor terms, major and minor propositions, being in this figure
equally arbitrary as in the second) here the sumption behooving to be ..."
4. The Spanish Regime in Missouri: A Collection of Papers and Documents by Louis Houck (1909)
"... it was behooving that said lady should declare before him and before the
undersigned Secretary of the government, what happened, that she should answer ..."
5. General History of the Christian Religion and Church by August Neander (1855)
"sent him, аз an honorable present, a magnificent dress, he caused it to be sold,
and sent back the avails to the bishop, telling him' it was behooving to ..."
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