Thesaurus: behoove

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1. v. t. To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.
2. v. i. To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due.
3. n. Advantage; behoof.
4. v. be appropriate or necessary
5. 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.] To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. Chaucer. Advantage; behoof. [Obs.] It shall not be to his behoove. Gower.
6. To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, withrespect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly usedimpersonally.And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. Luke xxiv. 46.[Also written behove.]
7. v:100 v. be appropriate or necessary