BEHOOVE

v. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

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.]

2.
v.

To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. Chaucer.

3.
n.

Advantage; behoof. [Obs.] It shall not be to his behoove. Gower.

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