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

Derived forms: behoves, behoved, behoving

Type of: conform to, fit, meet

Nearest

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