THE FIRST WORD

behoove

PRONUNCIATION:

(bi-HOOV) 

MEANING:

verb tr., intr.: To be necessary, worthwhile, or appropriate.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Old English behofian (to need), from behof (profit, need). Earliest documented use: around 890.

USAGE:

"And it will behoove you to keep my visit and our secret to yourself."
Brenda Jackson; A Silken Thread; Kimani Press; 2011.

"It may behoove Google to take these suits to trial in order to clarify a principle."
Old Media Sue; The Economist (London, UK); Mar 14, 2007.