byhove

== English == === Alternative forms === behove, behoove === Etymology === From Middle English behoven, from Old English behōfian (“to need”), from behōf (“advantage, behoof, profit; need”). Cognate with Swedish behöva and Dutch behoeven. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɪˈhəʊv/ Rhymes: -əʊv === Verb === byhove (third-person singular simple present byhoves, present participle byhoving, simple past and past participle byhoved) To suit; to befit. 1803, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Benjamin Rush April 21. It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others; or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own. 1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, II., lines 11-12: No fire-faced prophet brought me word Which way behoved me go. 2001 January 16, Sir Raymond Whitney, in the House of Commons Hansard Debates for 16 Jan 2001 (pt 23),[1] It behoves the Government to take note of that. 2003 November 3, Tariq Ali, “Resistance is the first step towards Iraqi independence”,[2] The Guardian, Nor does it behove western commentators whose countries are occupying Iraq to lay down conditions for those opposing it. ==== Translations ==== == Middle English == === Noun === byhove alternative form of behove