Behoved vs Behooved - What's the difference?
behoved | behooved |
(behove)
To suit; to befit.
* 1803 , , Letter to Benjamin Rush April 21.
* 1936 , , More Poems ,
* 2001 January 16, , in the House of Commons Hansard Debates for 16 Jan 2001 (pt 23),
* 2003 November 3, , “Resistance is the first step towards Iraqi independence”,
(behoove)
(US) To suit; to befit
* 2002 , Senator Douglas Roche,
(US) To be necessary
(US) To be in one's best interest; to benefit
* 1803 , Thomas Jefferson in a
* 2007 , Gary D. Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars , page 208
As verbs the difference between behoved and behooved
is that behoved is past tense of behove while behooved is past tense of behoove.behoved
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(behov)- It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others; or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
II., lines 11-12:
- No fire-faced prophet brought me word
- Which way behoved me go.
- It behoves the Government to take note of that.
][[wikipedia:The Guardian, The Guardian] ,
- Nor does it behove western commentators whose countries are occupying Iraq to lay down conditions for those opposing it.
behooved
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(head)behoove
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* behove (UK)Verb
(behoov)Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Parliament of Canada:
- I think it ill behooves the Government of Canada[...] to pretend that there are not these distinctions in how each of us approaches questions of security.
letterto Benjamin Rush:
- It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others.
- "It behooves' us to be prepared. We will begin a series of atomic bomb drills ..." / "Becomes necessary, Mr. Hupfer," said Mrs. Baker, "as in 'It ' behooves us to raise our hands before we ask a question."