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Definition of Behooves

Behoove
Behoove 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.]
Behoove
Behoove Be*hoove", v. i. To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. --Chaucer.
Behoove
Behoove Be*hoove", n. Advantage; behoof. [Obs.] It shall not be to his behoove. --Gower.

Meaning of Behooves from wikipedia

- we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundations of knowledge in mathematics." In philosophy...
- collected in a large, wooden building, which they called a synagogue. It behooved General Eisenhower to make a speech to them. We entered the synagogue,...
- comes to open dialogue about depictions of people of color on screen, it behooves white people (especially those who position themselves as 'allies') to...
- regarding a possible candidacy for higher office in 2016, I believe that it behooves me to step down at this juncture to ensure that deliberations on the General...
- cooperation did not lead to the convictions, and admonished, "It would behoove a major corporation like Universal (which is owned by a major news organization...
- having a pension and ****ure retirement income: "Therefore do I say that it behooves a man to make preparations for a suitable income in the days to come, when...
- Contemporary Approaches. Baker Academic. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-8010-2871-7. "It behooves us to ask, in spite of the fact that the overwhelming consensus of modern...
- craftsmen. Just as one affixes trimmings to clothes and badges to hats, so it behooves every one of us to write in silent marks. Though the supreme emperor may...
- to excess is a practice that is nowhere seemly ... nor yet safe. ... It behooves both bride and bridegroom to be sober ... in order to ensure, as far as...
- torch for the next half-decade." Cynthia Fuchs of Popmatters stated, "It behooves TV producers and consumers to focus their attentions on significant "news"...