behoof

American  

[bih-hoof] / bɪˈhuf /

noun

behooves plural

1. use; advantage; benefit.

   The money was spent for his own behoof.

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behoof British  

/ bɪˈhuːf /

noun

1. rare advantage or profit

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• behooves
  plural

Etymology

Origin of behoof

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

Example Sentences

The Stalino of Plautus is called Nicomaco, and his wife Sofronia: their son is named Cleandro, and the dependents employed to court Clitia for behoof of their masters, Eustachio and Pirro.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John

Even should there be a little brazier with a rudimentary charcoal fire, it is next to useless, and is mainly for the behoof of the master.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.

The rather heavy cost was defrayed by lotteries, which were set on foot by the Colonial Government from time to time for the behoof of the funds of the theatre.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

For the behoof of such the following list is set down, without regard to any classification: Cavendish.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony

Now, however, he conceived himself to stand on high vantage ground, and appealed to the aerial reflection as a splendid miracle wrought for his behoof.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander