behove

Verb

Verb Forms: behoved, behoving, behoves

To be a duty or responsibility for someone.
be appropriate or necessary
To befit, to suit.
To be necessary for (someone).
To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
To be needful, meet or becoming.

Examples

It does not behove a good player to gloat about a bingo.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English behoven, bihoven (“to be necessary, requisite; to be compelled or required (to do something)”), from Old English behōfian (“to need; to be necessary”), from Proto-Germanic *bihōfōną (“to benefit, behove, need”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grab, seize”). The word is cognate with Old Frisian bihōvia (“to need”), Dutch behoeven (“to need”), obsolete German behufen (cf. Behuf), Danish behøve (“to need”), Norwegian behøve (“to need”), Swedish behöva (“to have use for, to need”).

Synonyms

behoove

Scrabble Score: 14

behove: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
behove: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
behove: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

behove: valid Words With Friends Word