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Definition of Behoves
1. behove [v] - See also: behove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behoves
Literary usage of Behoves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... are so stringent in themselves, and have been so strictly interpreted by the
courts, that it behoves creditors, when seeking to obtain these securities, ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1896)
"affect the practical conclusion—viz. that it behoves operators to spare as much
as possible the mucous lining of the anal canal; for if the sense-organs of ..."
3. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"... and his knowledge of the affairs of this country, and as I alone am responsible
for a proper nomination, it certainly behoves me to name such a one, as, ..."
4. Transactions by Epidemiological Society of London, Zoological Society of London (1874)
"It behoves, therefore, the medical profession to profit by such an advantage,
for the cultivation of science, and for the promotion of the welfare and ..."
5. The Saxons in England: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period by John Mitchell Kemble (1876)
"... pleasing to our lord ; it greatly behoves us that we devise that which he
wills ; and if he order and instruct us more, we shall be humbly ready. ..."
6. A Letter on the Genius and Dispositions of the French Government: Including by Robert Walsh (1810)
"It behoves the government of this country to form a national character for us,—to
cultivate and to mature in the people, generous and magnanimous feelings ..."
7. The Correspondence of King George the Third with Lord North from 1768 to 1783 by George (1867)
"... attend assiduously, as every unfair step may be expected, and it behoves the
friends of this Constitution to he always at hand to repel their attempts. ..."
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