behooves
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behoove
Source: Wiktionary
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
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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