behove

[bih-hohv]

verb (used with or without object), be·hoved, be·hov·ing. Chiefly British.

behoove.

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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's
Charles James Lever
But she knew that in her present condition it behoved her to be especially careful.
Kept in the Dark
Anthony Trollope
For Messer Cino, it behoved him also to advise seriously about his position.
Little Novels of Italy
Maurice Henry Hewlett
In so dire a crisis it behoved a leading man to weigh his words.
William Pitt and the Great War
John Holland Rose
He behoved, he judged, to be sick; an' sick he was—little he jaloosed the sickness.
Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for behoved

behove

US behoove (bɪˈhuːv)

verb

(tr; impersonal) archaic to be necessary or fitting forit behoves me to arrest you

Word Origin for behove

Old English behōfian; related to Middle Low German behōven

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Word Origin and History for behoved

behove

chiefly British English spelling of behoove.