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BEHOOVE

\bɪhˈuːv], \bɪhˈuːv], \b_ɪ_h_ˈuː_v]\

Definitions of BEHOOVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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be appropriate or necessary; "IT behooves us to reflect on this matter"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

be appropriate or necessary; "IT behooves us to reflect on this matter"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; - mostly used impersonally.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; - mostly used impersonally.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To be necessary, or be fit; as, it will behoove you to mend your ways. Also, behove.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To be fit, right, or necessary for-now only used impersonally with it.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To be necessary for, or the duty of.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To be becoming to, needful, or right for.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

To be necessary, fit, or proper for.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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