behoove

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. Source: opted

2. v. i. To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. Source: opted

3. n. Advantage; behoof. Source: opted

4. v. be appropriate or necessary Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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.] Source: adambom

7. v:100 v. be appropriate or necessary Source: ecdict

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