verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   third-person singular simple present indicative of behove form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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befitbehoovebehoove

Example

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"This behoves historians to never take any of its statements at their face value."

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