behove
verb (used with or without object)
a variant of behoove.
behoved
Example Sentences
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She would keep in the background as much as might be, for his sake; but it certainly behoved her to act with promptitude and energy now.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield
It was necessary—having been foretold, it behoved to be accomplished.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach
The situation was so grave that it behoved the country seigneurie to look to themselves in earnest and at once.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
It behoved him to work on her feelings, to plead with her, to weep, to pray.
From Starvecrow Farm by Stanley J. Weyman
Jesus, who knew more than one profession, thought that it behoved him to do something for people who shewed so much zeal.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach
