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Behove

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To suit; to befit.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. and derivatives. See behoove, &c.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Less correct spelling of behoove.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. be appropriate or necessary

Word Usage

"If I could speak one word that might be the means of enkindling in your heart, thoughts and feelings such as behove a man, who will one day have to give an account, not of himself alone, but of those committed to his care."

Verb Form

behoved behoves behoving

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

fit conform to meet

Variant

behoove

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

benefit