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behoof
[ bih-hoof ]
noun
, plural be·hooves [bih-, hoovz].
- use; advantage; benefit:
The money was spent for his own behoof.
behoof
/ bɪˈhuːf /
noun
- rare.advantage or profit
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Word History and Origins
Origin of behoof1
before 1000; Middle English behove, Old English behōf profit, need; cognate with Dutch behoef, German Behuf
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Word History and Origins
Origin of behoof1
Old English behōf ; related to Middle High German behuof something useful; see behove
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Example Sentences
Into which Transaction, with its dates and circumstances, let us cast one glance, for our behoof afterwards.
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Even the chapel-service has been brightened up for their behoof.
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Time is ever busy blotting out the land-marks which our ancestors reared with so much patience for our behoof.
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Successive glimpses, here faithfully imparted, our more gifted readers must endeavor to combine for their own behoof.
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This rapport was utilised in magic for the behoof of these objects, and for the good of the tribe, which is singularly solidaire.
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