verb
definition
To befit, to suit.
definition
To be necessary for (someone).
definition
To be in the best interest of; to benefit.
definition
To be needful, meet or becoming.
Examples of behoves in a Sentence
As it is impossible that we shall ever discover any new furbearing animals other than those we know, it behoves responsible authorities to enforce close seasons and restrictions, as to the sex and age, in the killing for the purpose of equalizing the numbers of the catches.
It now behoves us to turn to general and particularly systematic works in which plates, if they exist at all, form but an accessory to the text.
It behoves us then at the outset to scrutinize very carefully the general configuration of flying animals, and in particular the size, shape and movements of their flying organs.