BEHOOVES
Verb
behooves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behoove
Source: Wiktionary
BEHOOVE
Be*hoove", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Behooved; p. pr. & vb. n. Behooving.]
Etym: [OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. beh to have need of, fr. beh. See
Behoof.]
Definition: To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with
respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used
impersonally.
And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. Luke xxiv. 46.
[Also written behove.]
Be*hoove", v. i.
Definition: To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due.
Chaucer.
Be*hoove", n.
Definition: Advantage; behoof. [Obs.]
It shall not be to his behoove. Gower.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition