behove
[bih-hohv]
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verb (used with or without object), be·hoved, be·hov·ing. Chiefly British.
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Historical Examples of behoved
Why should you have had any thought but for the game you were playing, and how it behoved you to play it?
That Boy Of Norcott'sCharles James Lever
But she knew that in her present condition it behoved her to be especially careful.
Kept in the DarkAnthony Trollope
For Messer Cino, it behoved him also to advise seriously about his position.
Little Novels of ItalyMaurice Henry Hewlett
In so dire a crisis it behoved a leading man to weigh his words.
William Pitt and the Great WarJohn Holland Rose
He behoved, he judged, to be sick; an' sick he was—little he jaloosed the sickness.
behove
US behoove (bɪˈhuːv)
verb
Word Origin for behove
Old English behōfian; related to Middle Low German behōven
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