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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: behoved, behoving, behoves

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