behoof

[ bih-hoof ]

noun

, plural be·hooves [bih-, hoovz].

1. use; advantage; benefit:

   The money was spent for his own behoof.

behoof

/ bɪˈhuːf /

noun

1. rare.
   advantage or profit

Word History and Origins

Origin of behoof¹

before 1000; Middle English behove, Old English behōf profit, need; cognate with Dutch behoef, German Behuf

Word History and Origins

Origin of behoof¹

Old English behōf ; related to Middle High German behuof something useful; see behove

Example Sentences

Into which Transaction, with its dates and circumstances, let us cast one glance, for our behoof afterwards.

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Even the chapel-service has been brightened up for their behoof.

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Time is ever busy blotting out the land-marks which our ancestors reared with so much patience for our behoof.

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Successive glimpses, here faithfully imparted, our more gifted readers must endeavor to combine for their own behoof.

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This rapport was utilised in magic for the behoof of these objects, and for the good of the tribe, which is singularly solidaire.

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