Behoove

  • 71behoving — v. be worthwhile for; be considered as proper according to moral standards (alternate spelling for behoove) …

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  • 72behove — [bɪ həʊv] (US behoove hu:v) verb (it behoves someone to do something) formal it is a duty, responsibility, or appropriate response for someone to do something. Origin OE behōfian, from behōf (see behoof) …

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  • 73belong to — 1. Be the property of, be possessed by, be owned by. 2. Be an attribute or quality or characteristic or mark of, characterize, pertain or appertain to, inhere in, be the prerogative or right of, be the privilege of. 3. Regard, relate to, refer to …

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  • 74beseem — v. a. Become, befit, behoove, be proper for, be appropriate for, be meet for …

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  • 75pertain to — 1. Belong to, appertain to, be the property of. 2. Behoove, befit, beseem, be incumbent on, be the duty of, devolve on. 3. Regard, concern, relate to, refer to, answer to, have relation to …

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  • 76become — verb 1) she became rich Syn: grow, get, turn, come to be, get to be; literary wax 2) he became a tyrant Syn: turn into, change into, be transformed into, be converted into 3) he becam …

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  • 77become — v 1. grow into, develop into, pass into, evolve into, ripen into, mature into; change into, turn into, alter into, convert into, transform into; mellow into, wax into; come to be, go, get, turn out to be. 2. happen, occur, come about, come to… …

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  • 78beseem — v befit, suit, become, accord with, match; be suitable, be appropriate, be fitting, be meet; behoove, be proper, be due, be right, be correct …

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  • 79behove — [c]/bəˈhoʊv / (say buh hohv), /bi / (say bee ) verb (behoved, behoving) –verb (t) 1. to be needful or proper for or incumbent on (now only in impersonal use): it behoves me to see him. –verb (i) 2. Archaic to be needful, proper, or due (in… …

  • 80necessitate — [v] call for, make necessary ask, behoove, cause, coerce, command, compel, constrain, crave, demand, drive, entail, force, impel, make, oblige, postulate, require, take; concepts 53,242,646 …

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