What does "behoove" mean?
Behoove: [Also written behove.]
Additional senses
- 2.To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. Chaucer.
- 3.Advantage; behoof. [Obs.] It shall not be to his behoove. Gower.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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