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beˈhoving, ppl. a. arch. [f. behove v. + -ing2.] That behoves; of use, needful, appropriate, incumbent.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 109 Hwet is elde bihoui[n]ge. 1572Forrest Theophilus 966 As speciallye ys mee behovinge. 1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 8 Things to plough behoouing. 1614Raleigh Hist. World II. iv. vii. §2. 252 Very vnpleasing, though greatly behooving to their Estate. 1850Mrs. Browning Poems II. 399 Unless you can dream that his faith is fast, Through behoving and unbehoving. |