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Webster 1913 Edition
Behoof
Be-hoof′
,Noun.
[OE. ]
to bihove
for the use of, AS. beh[GREEK]f
advantage, a word implied in beh[GREEK]flīc
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
, Verb.
T.
Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use.
No mean recompense it brings
To your
To your
behoof
. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Behoof
BEHOOF'
,Noun.
1.
Radically, need, necessity; whence, by an easy analogy, the word came to signify that which supplies want. Hence, in present usage.2.
That which is advantageous; advantage; profit; benefit. No mean recompense it brings to your behoof.