Meanings
verbbehove (third-person singular simple present behoves, present participle behoving, simple past behoved, past participle behoved or (archaic) behoven)
present singular third person behoves · participle present behoving · past behoved · participle past behoved · archaic participle past behoven · alternative US behoove
- UKalternativeAlternative spelling of behoove.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
See behoove. For the spelling with only one o representing /uː/, compare move and prove. The pronunciation with /oʊ/ is a spelling-pronunciation.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with behove
grovecovedrovestovedoverovehoveshovetroveclovemauveJovegovewoveshroveArnold's CovebeloveBird CoveBishop's CoveBrent's CoveBryant's CovebyhoveChance CoveCoachman's Cove
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
behove. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behove
MLA
“behove.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behove. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “behove,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behove.
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