Etymology

behoveful

be·hove·ful
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Today it means: Needful or proper; beneficial; behoving. Full definition →

Middle English behoveful
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombehoveful
  2. English todaybehoveful

From Middle English behoveful, equivalent to behove + -ful.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishbehoveful all →

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