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behoof |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Behoof \Be*hoof"\, n. [OE. to bihove for the use of AS beh?f advantage, a word implied in beh?fl[=i]c necessary; akin to Sw behof, Dan. behov, G. behuf and E. heave, the root meaning to seize, hence the meanings ``to hold make use of.'' See {Heave}, v. t.] Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use No mean recompense it brings To your behoof. --Milton.
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