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be·hoove·ful
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behoovefuladjective
Needful; useful; fit; profitable; advantageous.
Etymology: From behoveful, equivalent to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
Behoovefuladjective
advantageous; useful; profitable
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of behooveful in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of behooveful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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