behove
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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
Under these critical circumstances how did it behove Madame de Chevreuse to act?
From Political Women, Vol. 1 by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883
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