† behovefulnessn.
Obsolete.
The quality of being behoveful; usefulness, use.
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usea1382
notefulheada1400
utilityc1400
serviceableness1579
behovefulness1592
usefulness1618
inservience1657
commodationa1676
utile1685
service1691
serviceability1845
1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 141 Declaring how for their behoofulnes It was.
1607 S. Hieron Discouerie of Hypocrisie in Wks. (1620) I. 260 The Apostle, knowing the behooufulnesse of it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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