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BEHOOF Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BEHOOF is advantage, profit. How to use behoof in a sentence. www.merriam-webster.com
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BEHOOF Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
plural. behooves. use; advantage; benefit. The money was spent for his own behoof. behoof. / bɪˈhuːf /. noun. rare, advantage or profit. “Collins English ... www.dictionary.com
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Behoof - Websters Dictionary 1828
BEHOOF', noun. 1. Radically, need, necessity; whence, by an easy analogy, the word came to signify that which supplies want. Hence, in present usage. webstersdictionary1828.com
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behoof (bɪˈhuːf) Forms: (1–2 bi-, behóf,) 3–5 (dat.) bihoue, 4–5 bihove, 4–6 behoue, 4–7 behove, 6–7 behoove, 6–8 behoofe, 6– behoof. (Also 4–5 bihufe, 4–6 byhove, behuf, 5 byhoff, beofe, 5–6 behofe, -houfe, 6 Sc. behowe, -hufe, -huif, 7 behoolfe.) [OE. *bihóf ‘utility,’ occurring in the deriv. bihó... Oxford English Dictionary
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BEHOOF definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
behoof in American English (biˈhuf ; bɪˈhuf ) noun behalf, benefit, interest, sake, etc. Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. www.collinsdictionary.com
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BEHOOF - The Law Dictionary
Definition and Citations: Use; benefit; profit; service ; advantage. It occurs in conveyances, e. g., “to his and their use and behoof.” Stiles v. thelawdictionary.org
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behoufe
behoufe obs. form of behoof. Oxford English Dictionary
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behoof - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English behoof, behof, from Old English behōf, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōf. Akin to Dutch behoef, German Behuf (“necessity”), Danish behov (“ ... en.wiktionary.org
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behoof - American Heritage Dictionary Entry
Benefit; advantage: using public funds for their own behoof. [Middle English bihove, from Old English behōf; see kap- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots ... ahdictionary.com
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On your behoof - Columbia Journalism Review
“behoove” as a transitive verb meaning “to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for,” and an intransitive verb meaning “to be necessary, fit, or proper.” www.cjr.org
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behoof, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the noun behoof is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for behoof is from around 1275, ... www.oed.com
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Behalf - behoof - behoove - behove - Hull AWE
Behalf, behoof, behoove and behove are very similar in appearance, and quite similar in meaning. Don't confuse them! - although many others have. hull-awe.org.uk
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First Virginia Charter
of the said main Lands on the Backside of the same Colonies; And to HAVE and enjoy the Gold, Silver, and Copper, to be gotten thereof, to the Use and Behoof wikipedia.org
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behofe
behof(e obs. f. of behoof and behoove. Oxford English Dictionary
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beofe
beofe obs. form of behoof. Oxford English Dictionary
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