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behoove

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Behoove (verb) means to be right, suitable or necessary for someone to do.

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To be right, suitable or necessary for someone to do.

"I think it ill behooves the Government of Canada, let alone all the people like us in Canada, to pretend that there are not these distinctions in how each of us approaches questions of security." — Douglas Roche, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade: Evidence [37th Parliament, 1st session, meeting 82] (2002)

"It ill behooves my mother to complain."

To be suitable or proper.

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