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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Needful or proper; beneficial; behoving. archaic

   "No Madam, we haue cul'd such necessaries / As are behoouefull for our state to morrow[…]."

Synonyms

All synonyms

beneficialnotefulnoteful

Example

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"No Madam, we haue cul'd such necessaries / As are behoouefull for our state to morrow[…]."

Etymology

From Middle English behoveful, equivalent to behove + -ful.

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