hofe, be hufe, behoove, behough

[A.S. behof (as s.) = gain, advantage, benefit, behoof (as adj.) = nece ary, behooveful; Sw. behof; Dan. behov = need, nece ary obligation; Dut. behoef; Ger. behus. [BEHOOVE, BEHALF.] That which "behooves, that which is advantageous; advantage, profit, benefit. 44 no mean recompense it brings To your behoof, Milton: P. L., bk. ii. + bě-hố'ov-a-ble, * be-hô'v-a-ble, * běhô've-a-ble, a. [Eng. behoov(e); -able.] Needful; profitable; advantageous. ... in which it had been chefely of all expedient and behove able to to give eare eare vnto John's sayinges."Udal: Luke, ch. iii. (Richardson.)