BEHOOVE
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Be*hoove" (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Behooved (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Behooving.] [OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. beh&unr_;fian to have need of, fr. beh&unr_;f. See Behoof.] To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.
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And thus it behooved Christ to suffer.
Luke xxiv. 46.
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[Also written behove.]
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Be*hoove" (&unr_;), v. i. To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. Chaucer.
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Be*hoove", n. Advantage; behoof. [Obs.]
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It shall not be to his behoove.
Gower.
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