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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: be

Nearest

behind bars
behindhand
behind-the-scenes
Behmen
Behmenism
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beholden
beholder
beholding
behoof
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behove
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beige
beigel
beignet
Beijing
Beijing dialect
being
beingness