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  1. behoovefuladjective

    Needful; useful; fit; profitable; advantageous.

  2. Etymology: From behoveful, equivalent to.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Behoovefuladjective

    Useful; profitable; advantageous. This word is somewhat antiquated.

    Etymology: from behoof.

    It is very behooveful in this country of Ireland, where there are waste deserts full of grass, that the same should be eaten down. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

    Laws are many times full of imperfections; and that which is supposed behooveful unto men, proveth oftentimes most pernicious. Richard Hooker, b. iv. §. 14.

    Madam, we have culled such necessaries
    As are behooveful for our state tomorrow. William Shakespeare, Rom. and Jul.

    It may be most behooveful for princes, in matters of grace, to transact the same publickly: so it is as requisite, in matters of judgment, punishment, and censure, that the same be transacted privately. Edward Hyde.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Behoovefuladjective

    advantageous; useful; profitable

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of behooveful in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of behooveful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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