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behove

American

[bih-hohv] / bɪˈhoʊv /

verb (used with or without object)

Chiefly British.

a variant of behoove.

behove British

/ bɪˈhuːv, bɪˈhəʊv /

verb

archaic (tr; impersonal) to be necessary or fitting for

it behoves me to arrest you

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Etymology

Origin of behove

Old English behōfian ; related to Middle Low German behōven

Example Sentences

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It does not behove – behoove? – us to stoop to the level of feeding stories.

From The Guardian • Feb. 7, 2019

If privacy really does matter to the US public, it might behove the applicants to promise some kind of action against the rise of Big Brother Inc.

From Forbes • Apr. 15, 2015

It probably doesn't behove a rock critic to admit that his favourite radio show is something presented by Dale Winton on .

From The Guardian • May 5, 2010

I ascertained that they wished me to perform, and it behove me to comply, that I might avoid detection.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Put on this garment to thy behove, Which with your tears is now all wet, Lest before God it be unsweet When you to your journey's end come shall.

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

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