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behoove Definition


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behove
behoove
verb
    behove, behoving, behooved, behooving
    1. old use or formal
      To be necessary or fitting on their part.
      Example: It behoves me to tell you the truth
      Thesaurus: become, suit, benefit, profit, advance.
      Form: it behoves someone (now only used impersonally as)
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon behofian to stand in need of.



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