Behove definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BEHOVE, and its derivatives. [See Behoove.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... It behooves us to reflect on this matter" [syn: behoove, behove] Merriam Webster's chiefly British variant of behoove Oxford Reference ... it behooved Christ to suffer. --Luke xxiv. 46. [Also written behove.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Behove Be*hove", v., and derivatives. See Behoove, &c. Collin's ...
... It behooves us to reflect on this matter" [syn: behoove, behove] Merriam Webster's verb (behooved; behooving) Etymology: Middle English behoven ... it behooved Christ to suffer. --Luke xxiv. 46. [Also written behove.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Behoove Be*hoove", v. i. To ...