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Verb: behove  bu'howv
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=behoove)
  1. Be appropriate or necessary
    "It behoves us to reflect on this matter"
    - behoove [N. Amer]

Derived forms: behoved, behoves, behoving

Type of: conform to, fit, meet

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behindhand
behind-the-scenes
Behmen
Behmenism
behold
beholden
beholder
beholding
behoof
behoove
behove
Behrens
Behring
beige
beigel
beignet
Beijing
Beijing dialect
being
beingness
Beira