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Behove

[bih-hohv]

Origin

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

behoove.

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behove or (US) behoove (bɪˈhəʊv, bɪˈhuːv)

—vb
	archaic (tr; impersonal) to be necessary or fitting for: it behoves me to arrest you

[Old English behōfian; related to Middle Low German behōven]

behoove or (US) behoove

—vb

[Old English behōfian; related to Middle Low German behōven]

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behove

British spelling of behoove.

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