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Definitions for behoof
bɪˈhuf; ˈhuvzbe·hoof
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behoofnoun
Advantage or benefit.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Behoofnoun
That which behooves; that which is advantageous; profit; advantage.
Etymology: from behoove.
Her majesty may alter any thing of those laws, that may be more both for her own behoof, and for the good of the people. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
No mean recompence it brings
To your behoof: if I that region lost,
All usurpation thence expell’d, reduce
To her original darkness, and your sway. John Milton.Wer’t thou some star, which, from the ruin’d roof
Of shak’d Olympus, by mischance didst fall;
Which careful Jove, in nature’s true behoof,
Took up, and in fit place did reinstate. John Milton.Because it was for the behoof of the animal, that, upon any sudden accident, it might be awakened, there were no shuts or stopples made for the ears. John Ray, on the Creation.
It would be of no behoof, for the settling of government, unless there were a way taught, how to know the person to whom belonged this power and dominion. John Locke.
Webster Dictionary
Behoofverb
advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Behoof
be-hōōf′, n. benefit: convenience (with to, for, on).
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of behoof in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of behoof in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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