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Behoove   Listen
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Behoove  v. t.  (past & past part. behooved; pres. part. behooving)  (Also written behove)  To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; mostly used impersonally. "And thus it behooved Christ to suffer."






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"Behoove" Quotes from Famous Books



... not behoove a king to receive letters from a traitorous subject—a rebellious soldier. Take this dispatch, M. Chancellor; open and read it to me. Give it to ...
— NAPOLEON AND BLUCHER • L. Muhlbach



Words linked to "Behoove" :   behove, conform to



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