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behovable

behovable is the alternative form of behoovable.

Meaning of behoovable

Adjective

behoovable (comparative more behoovable, superlative most behoovable)

  1. (obsolete) Supplying need; profitable; advantageous.
    • Synne is behovabil, but al shal be welc. 1393, Julian of Norwich, “chapter 27”, in Revelations of Divine Love

Forms of behovable

comparativemore behovable
superlativemost behovable

Questions about behovable

What is behovable the alternative form of?
Behovable is the alternative form of behoovable.

Words near behovable in the dictionary

  1. behoovingly
  2. behope
  3. behorn
  4. behorsed
  5. behote
  6. behovable
  7. behove
  8. behoved
  9. behoveful
  10. behovefully
  11. behovely

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