behove

[ bih-hohv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with or without object)

, Chiefly British.

, be·hoved, be·hov·ing.

behove

/ bɪˈhuːv; bɪˈhəʊv /

archaic.
tr; impersonal to be necessary or fitting for
it behoves me to arrest you

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Origin of behove¹

Old English behōfian ; related to Middle Low German behōven

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The obligation of such, therefore, even as those of the covenants specified, behove to continue.

The very mode in which it would behove her to dress herself to go out to an ordinary dinner party, was almost unknown to her.

The Cid replied, that it would ill behove him to counsel his sovereign to contradict the will of the late King.

It will behove me, perhaps, to apply to that dear uncle, if a proper occasion offer.

If he goes to these kinsfolk, as I believe it will be well for him to do, it will behove him to go right humbly and reverently.

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