behoove
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behoove (3ª persona sing. presente behooves, participio presente behooving, passato semplice e participio passato behooved)
- (perlopiù US) essere necessario, urgere
- convenire
IPA: /bɪˈhuːv/ Ascolta la pronuncia :
dall'medio inglese bihoven, dall'anglosassone behōfian ("avere bisogno", "essere necessario"), dal proto-germanico *bihōfōną (cfr. olandese behoeven, danese e norvegese behøve, svedese behöva)
- (perlopiù UK) behove
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Il Sansoni, Inglese edizione on-line da "www.corriere.it"
- Dictionary.com, lemma behoove
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary