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Definition of Behoof

Behoof
Behoof Be*hoof", n. [OE. to bihove for the use of, AS. beh?f advantage, a word implied in beh?fl[=i]c necessary; akin to Sw. behof, Dan. behov, G. behuf, and E. heave, the root meaning to seize, hence the meanings ``to hold, make use of.' See Heave, v. t.] Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use. No mean recompense it brings To your behoof. --Milton.

Meaning of Behoof from wikipedia

- *fura- + *dailiz PGmc *bōniz PGmc *blōdisōjaną + *-unga PGmc *wela + *farō behoof gain foredeal boon blessing welfare advantage benefit L.L.*abantati**** benefactum...
- Proto-Slavic: *dobrъ lepszy najlepszy Proto-Indo-European *lep-, *lēp- "behoof", "boot", "good" Czech dobrý lepší nejlepší Slovak dobrý lepší najlepší...
- enjoy the Gold, Silver, and Copper, to be gotten thereof, to the Use and Behoof of the same Colonies, and the Plantations thereof; YIELDING therefore to...
- Bishop of Rochester and William, late Bishop of Bangor "to the use and behoof of a Grammar School having continuance for ever...for the better government...
- behavioural behaviorism behead behelm behest behind behold beheld beholden behoof behoove, behove being (n) belated belay belch belead beleave belie belief...
- money for behoof of A and be accountable to him for it, or whether the parties intended that X should receive the money for his own behoof and be entitled...
- whither they would, and they that could catch them had them to their own behoof. ... [The Earl of Pembroke and the Earl of Warenne each] led a horse by...
- Crown is here held for behoof of the Province of British Columbia within whose territorial bounds it is situate, or for behoof of the Dominion of Canada...
- lodged in the hands of our present clerk in his office for the use and behoof of this corporation, and that the present now new seal be henceforth our...
- taking care, that the largest bundle be appropriated unto the use and behoof of Sir John Hawkins, Knight." Davis 1961 p. vii Reynolds 1897 p. 297-298...