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behoofs

behoofs is the plural of behoof.

Meaning of behoof

Noun

behoof (countable and uncountable, plural behoofs)

  1. (dated) That which is advantageous to a person; behalf, interest, advantage, profit, benefit.
    • This tongue hath parley’d unto foreign kings
      For your behoof,—1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about behoofs

What is behoofs the plural of?
Behoofs is the plural of behoof.

Words near behoofs in the dictionary

  1. behoneyed
  2. behoneying
  3. behoneys
  4. behoof
  5. behoofful
  6. behoofs
  7. behooped
  8. behoovable
  9. behoove
  10. behooved
  11. behooveful

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