BEHOOVE, verb transitive behoof'. To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience. And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. Luke 24:1. It may perhaps be used intransitively; as, let him behave as it behooveth; but I believe such use is rare.
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