behoof

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behoof

/bɪˈhuːf/ UK

Rhymes with -uːf

Where it comes from

From Middle English behoof, behof, from Old English behōf, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōf. Akin to Dutch behoef, German Behuf (“necessity”), Danish behov (“requirement”) (from Middle Low German). Related to have and heave.

noun behoofs

countable, dated, uncountable That which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit. This tongue hath parley’d unto foreign kings For your behoof,—

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noun advantage or benefit

Italiano	vantaggio

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@misc{behoof_2026,
  title = {behoof},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/behoof},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}