byhove

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To suit; to befit.
    — 1803, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Benjamin Rush April 21. It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others; or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

词形变化

byhoves present,singular,third-person byhoving participle,present byhoved participle,past byhoved past behove alternative behoove alternative

词源

From Middle English behoven, from Old English behōfian (“to need”), from behōf (“advantage, behoof, profit; need”). Cognate with Swedish behöva and Dutch behoeven.
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