byhove

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byhove

/bɪˈhəʊv/

Rhymes with -əʊv

Where it comes from

From Middle English behoven, from Old English behōfian (“to need”), from behōf (“advantage, behoof, profit; need”). Cognate with Swedish behöva and Dutch behoeven.

verb byhoves · byhoving · byhoved · behove · behoove

To suit; to befit. 1803, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Benjamin Rush April 21. It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others; or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

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verb to suit, to befit

Español	convenir
Português	convir
Français	convenir
Русский	подобать podobatʹ, сле́довать slédovatʹ, надлежа́ть nadležátʹ, приличествовать priličestvovatʹ

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@misc{byhove_2026,
  title = {byhove},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/byhove},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}