Behoove (verb)

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Definition of behoove

Definition: To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; mostly used impersonally.

Related words: behoof (noun); behooveful (adjective); behoovingly (adverb).

Synonyms: befit; beseem; suit.

Famous uses of behoove in a sentence

“Icebergs behoove the soul (both being self-made from elements least visible) to see themselves: fleshed, fair, erected, indivisible.” — Elizabeth Bishop

“Because, according to the sage Solomon, wisdom does not enter into a soul that seeks after evil, and knowledge without conscience is the ruin of the soul, it behooves you to serve, love and fear God and to put all your thoughts and hope in him, and by faith founded in charity, be joined to him, such that you never be separated from him by sin.” — Francois Rabelais

“It behooves every man to see that his influence is on the side of justice, and let the courts make their own characters.” — Henry David Thoreau

“There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.” — James Truslow Adams

“It doesn’t behoove elderly persons to follow fashion in their thinking nor in the way they dress.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Surely when a man is painting a picture he ought not refuse to hear any man’s opinion… Since men are able to form a true judgement as to the works of nature, how much more does it behoove us to admit that they are able to judge our faults.” — Leonardo da Vinci

“Mental toughness is many things. It is humility because it behooves all of us to remember that simplicity is the sign of greatness and meekness is the sign of true strength. Mental toughness is spartanism with qualities of sacrifice, self-denial, dedication. It is fearlessness, and it is love.” — Vince Lombardi

“Our civilization will, of course, be playing God in an ultimate sense of the phrase: evolving a greater intelligence than currently exists on earth. It behooves us to be a considerate creator, wise to the world and its fragile nature, sensitive to the needs for stable footings that will prevent backsliding — and keep that house of cards we call civilization from collapsing.” — William H. Calvin

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