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behove
(bɪˈhəʊv) orbehoove
vb
(tr; impersonal) archaic to be necessary or fitting for: it behoves me to arrest you.
[Old English behōfian; related to Middle Low German behōven]
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Past participle: behoved
Gerund: behoving
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Verb | 1. | behove - be appropriate or necessary; "It behooves us to reflect on this matter" conform to, fit, meet - satisfy a condition or restriction; "Does this paper meet the requirements for the degree?" |
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behove
verb (Archaic) be fitting, benefit, be necessary, be wise, befit, be advisable, be obligatory, be incumbent upon, beseem I think it behoves us, sir, to get out of here with all speed.
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behove
[bɪˈhəʊv] behoove (US) [bɪˈhuːv] IMPERS VT (frm) it behoves him to + INFIN → le incumbe + infinCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
behove
[bɪˈhəʊv] (= British) behoove [bɪˈhuːv] (US) vt → incomberIt behoves us to → Il nous incombe de ...
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behove
, (US) behoovevt impers (form) → sich geziemen (geh) → (sb to do sth für jdn, etw zu tun)
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behove
[bɪˈhəʊv] behoove (Am) [bɪˈhuːv] impers vt (old) (frm) to behove sb to do sth → stare a qn (il) fare qcCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995