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behooving

Variant of behoove

transitive verb behooved, behooving

to be necessary for or incumbent upon: it behooves you to think for yourself

Origin: ME bihofian < OE behofian, to have need of < behoof

intransitive verb

Now Rare to be morally necessary or proper

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