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

Derived forms: behooved, behooves, behooving

Type of: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take