Usually means: Be appropriate or necessary for.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word behove:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. behove: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. behove: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. behove: Collins English Dictionary
  4. behove: Vocabulary.com
  5. behove: Wordnik
  6. behove: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. behove: Wiktionary
  8. behove: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. behove: Dictionary.com
  10. Behove: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. behove: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. behove: Rhymezone
  13. Behove: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. behove: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. behove: Free Dictionary
  16. behove: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. behove: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. behove: Legal dictionary

(Note: See behoves as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive, formal) To befit, to suit.
verb:  (transitive, formal) To be necessary for (someone).
verb:  (transitive, formal) To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
verb:  (intransitive, formal) To be needful, meet or becoming.

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