BEHOOVE

behoove|behove. Behoove, or Behove, v.i. to be fit, be meet, become

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Be‐hoove″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Behooved (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Behooving.] [[OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. beh�fian to have need of, fr. beh�f. See Behoof.]] To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; — mostly used impersonally. And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. Luke xxiv. 46. [Also written behove.]