behoove, behove
(verb) be appropriate or necessary; “It behooves us to reflect on this matter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
behove (third-person singular simple present behoves, present participle behoving, simple past and past participle behoved)
(transitive, formal) To befit, to suit.
(transitive, formal) To be necessary for (someone).
(transitive, formal) To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
(intransitive, formal) To be needful, meet or becoming.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*hove", v.
Definition: , and derivatives. See Behoove, & c.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
