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Webster 1913 Edition

Behoove

Be-hoove′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Behooved
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Behooving
.]
[OE.
bihoven
,
behoven
, AS.
beh[GREEK]fian
to have need of, fr.
beh[GREEK]f
. See
Behoof
.]
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
.]

Be-hoove′

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

Be-hoove′

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Behoove

BEHOOVE

,
Verb.
T.
behoof'. To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience.
And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. Luke 24.
It may perhaps be used intransitively; as, let him behave as it behooveth; but I believe such use is rare.

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