behoof or behoove?

[andrewwai]

Behoove-, transitive verb , or intransitve? may i have some sample sentenses.behoov

[Ewood27]

According to the Merriam-Webster on-line Dictionary

 

Main Entry: be�hoove
Pronunciation: bi-'h�v
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): be�hooved; be�hoov�ing
Etymology: Middle English behoven, from Old English behOfian, from behOf
transitive senses : to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for <it behooves us to go>
intransitive senses : to be necessary, fit, or proper

 

Speaking entirely prersonally, I'm surprised that they give intransitive senses.  I have only ever come across the word in the "it behooves me" sense, as in "I have nine points on my licence, so it behooves me to drive very carefully indeed."

[Peter Pedant]

its behove in London English

with the o as in low and not in cow (!)

It's at least a hundred years out of date and its is better now to say I must instead of it behoves me.

The verb is called an impersonal verb, like it rains or it is snowing, and it behoves...nah! forget it!