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byhove

/bɪˈhəʊv/

byhove verb: to suit; to befit.

Verb

byhove (third-person singular simple present byhoves, present participle byhoving, simple past and past participle byhoved)

  1. To suit; to befit.
    • It behoves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others; or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.1803, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Benjamin Rush April 21.
    • No fire-faced prophet brought me word
      Which way behoved me go.1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, II., lines 11-12

Forms of byhove

third-person singular presentbyhoves
present participlebyhoving
past participlebyhoved
pastbyhoved
alternative formbehove
alternative formbehoove

Origin of byhove

From Middle English behoven, from Old English behōfian (“to need”), from behōf (“advantage, behoof, profit; need”). Cognate with Swedish behöva and Dutch behoeven.

Words that rhyme with byhove

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Questions about byhove

What does byhove mean?
Byhove means to suit; to befit.
What part of speech is byhove?
Byhove is a verb.
How do you pronounce byhove?
Byhove is pronounced /bɪˈhəʊv/.
What is the past tense of byhove?
The past tense of byhove is byhoved.

Words near byhove in the dictionary

  1. byheart
  2. byhearted
  3. byhearting
  4. byheartings
  5. byhearts
  6. byhove
  7. Byington
  8. Byingtons
  9. byion
  10. byions
  11. byke

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