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verb (used with object)
1.
to be necessary or proper for, as for moral or ethical considerations; be incumbent on: It behooves the court to weigh evidence impartially.
2.
to be worthwhile to, as for personal profit or advantage: It would behoove you to be nicer to those who could help you.
verb (used without object)
3.
Archaic. to be needful, proper, or due: Perseverance is a quality that behooves in a scholar.
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Behoove
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Origin:
before 900; Middle English behoven, Old English behōfian to need (behōf behoof + -ian infinitive suffix)
before 900; Middle English behoven, Old English behōfian to need (behōf behoof + -ian infinitive suffix)
Synonyms
2. benefit, advantage, serve, better, advance; suit, befit, beseem.
2. benefit, advantage, serve, better, advance; suit, befit, beseem.
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Example Sentences
- It would behoove you to go to the doctor before your lungs get trifected.
- It would behoove everyone to see the truth.
- If you have to commute at all it would behoove you to be able to use mass transit to get where you're going.
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Word Origin & History
behoove
O.E. behofian "to have need of," verbal form of the ancient compound word represented by behoof.
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