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behoof

[ bih-hoof ]

noun

, plural be·hooves [bih-, hoovz].
  1. use; advantage; benefit:

    The money was spent for his own behoof.



behoof

/ bɪˈhuːf /

noun

  1. rare.
    advantage or profit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

Even the chapel-service has been brightened up for their behoof.

Time is ever busy blotting out the land-marks which our ancestors reared with so much patience for our behoof.

Successive glimpses, here faithfully imparted, our more gifted readers must endeavor to combine for their own behoof.

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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