Behoof

//bɪˈhuːf// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    That which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit. countable, dated, uncountable

    "This tongue hath parley’d unto foreign kings For your behoof,—"

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advantageavailbehalfbenefitbenisonblessing

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"This tongue hath parley’d unto foreign kings For your behoof,—"

Etymology

From Middle English behoof, behof, from Old English behōf, from Proto-West Germanic *bihōf. Akin to Dutch behoef, German Behuf (“necessity”), Danish behov (“requirement”) (from Middle Low German). Related to have and heave.

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