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behoove
[ bih-hoov ]
verb (used with object)
- to be necessary or proper for, as for moral or ethical considerations; be incumbent on:
It behooves the court to weigh evidence impartially.
- to be worthwhile to, as for personal profit or advantage:
It would behoove you to be nicer to those who could help you.
Synonyms: beseem, befit, suit, advance, better, serve, advantage, benefit
verb (used without object)
- Archaic. to be needful, proper, or due:
Perseverance is a quality that behooves in a scholar.
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Example Sentences
If so, it would behoove Yaalon, and Melamed, to reveal the details of their conversations.
Now as heretofore it will behoove the Editor of these pages, were it never so unsuccessfully, to do his endeavor.
It was not that he feared an action for breach of promise, but that, as a gentleman, it would behoove him to be true to his word.
Therefore it does not behoove any active man to make gratuitous additions of a peculiar nature to the law of business.
A private letter to me was sealed up with his will, which, of course, it would not behoove me to make public.
They are the men whom it would behoove you to drill a little, and tie to the halberts in a benevolent manner, if you could!
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