† beˈhovable, a. Obs.
[f. behove v. + -able.]
Useful, profitable, advantageous; incumbent.
| c 1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture in Babees Bk. (1868) 172 Þerfore stuffe of household is behoveable. 1482 Monk of Evesham (Arb.) 49 Y toke hem, and to behouable vsus ful treuly y spende hem. 1553–87 Foxe A. & M. (1596) 1021/1 Gamaliel did see better what was behooueable. 1596 Bell Surv. Popery ii. ii. viii. 172 It was as well behoouable to haue the wiues confirmed, as the husbandes. |