byhove

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English behoven, from Old English behōfian (“to need”), from behōf (“advantage, behoof, profit; need”). Cognate with Swedish behöva and Dutch behoeven.

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Verb[edit]

byhove (third-person singular simple present byhoves, present participle byhoving, simple past and past participle byhoved)

  1. To suit; to befit.
    • 1803, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Benjamin Rush April 21.
      It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others; or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
    • 1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, II., lines 11-12:
      No fire-faced prophet brought me word
      Which way behoved me go.
    • 2001 January 16, Sir Raymond Whitney, in the House of Commons Hansard Debates for 16 Jan 2001 (pt 23),[1]
      It behoves the Government to take note of that.
    • 2003 November 3, Tariq Ali, “Resistance is the first step towards Iraqi independence”,[2] The Guardian,
      Nor does it behove western commentators whose countries are occupying Iraq to lay down conditions for those opposing it.

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byhove (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of behove
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