Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Behoove (-th)
behold (-ing, -s, beheld)being (-s, 's)
behoove (-th), v. [OE bihóf, useful, necessary.]
Suit; fit; become; serve; please; satisfy; conform to; comply with; (see Hebrews 2:17).
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