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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word behoves:

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  1. behoves: Merriam-Webster
  2. behoves: Collins English Dictionary
  3. behoves: Vocabulary.com
  4. behoves: Wordnik
  5. behoves: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. behoves: Wiktionary
  7. behoves: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See behove as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (behove)

verb:  (transitive, formal) To befit, to suit.
verb:  (transitive, formal) To be necessary for (someone).
verb:  (transitive, formal) To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
verb:  (intransitive, formal) To be needful, meet or becoming.
▸ Also see behove


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