Defn: Supplying need; profitable; advantageous. [Obs.] Udall.
BEHOOVE
Be*hoove", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Behooved; p. pr. & vb. n. Behooving.]
Etym: [OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. beh to have need of, fr. beh. See
Behoof.]
Defn: 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
Be*hoove", v. i.
Defn: To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due.
Chaucer.
BEHOOVE
Be*hoove", n.
Defn: Advantage; behoof. [Obs.]
It shall not be to his behoove. Gower.
BEHOOVEFUL
Be*hoove"ful, a.
Defn: Advantageous; useful; profitable. [Archaic] — Be*hoove"ful*ly,
adv.
— Be*hoove"ful*ness, n. [Archaic]
BEHOVE
Be*hove", v.