Behoove

Alternative forms

 * behove

Etymology
behoven:, from behōfian: "to need", from  behof:+ian:. Cognate with Swedish: behöva.

Verb

 * 1) 🇺🇸 To suit; to befit.
 * 2) 🇺🇸 To be necessary.
 * 3) 🇺🇸 To be in one's best interest.
 * 4) * 2007, Gary D. Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars, page 208
 * "It behooves us to be prepared. We will begin a series of atomic bomb drills ..." / "Becomes necessary, Mr. Hupfer," said Mrs. Baker, "as in 'It behooves us to raise our hands before we ask a question."
 * 1) * It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others. - Thomas Jefferson

Related terms

 * behoof

Translations

 * Bulgarian: подобава
 * Dutch:
 * German: obliegen,  sich geziemen, schicken, sich schicken, sich ziemen


 * Russian:, , ,
 * Turkish: düşmek, yaraşmak


 * Russian: следовать, надлежать

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