"byhove" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bɪˈhəʊv/ Forms: byhoves [present, singular, third-person], byhoving [participle, present], byhoved [participle, past], byhoved [past]
Rhymes: -əʊv Etymology: From Middle English behoven, from Old English behōfian (“to need”), from behōf (“advantage, behoof, profit; need”). Cognate with Swedish behöva and Dutch behoeven. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|behoven}} Middle English behoven, {{inh|en|ang|behōfian||to need}} Old English behōfian (“to need”), {{cog|sv|behöva}} Swedish behöva, {{cog|nl|behoeven}} Dutch behoeven Head templates: {{en-verb}} byhove (third-person singular simple present byhoves, present participle byhoving, simple past and past participle byhoved)
  1. To suit; to befit. Synonyms: behove, behoove Translations (to suit, to befit): подобава (podobava) (Bulgarian), дълг е на (dǎlg e na) (Bulgarian), betamen (Dutch), pаssen (Dutch), подобать (podobatʹ) (Russian), сле́довать (slédovatʹ) (Russian), надлежа́ть (nadležátʹ) (Russian), приличествовать (priličestvovatʹ) (Russian)

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