Behoove
Behoove ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old English bihoven, behoven, Anglo-Saxon behōfian to have need of, from behōf. See Behoof.]
To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.
And thus it behooved Christ to suffer.
Behoove ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb
To be necessary, fit, or suitable; to befit; to belong as due. — Chaucer
Behoove , noun
Advantage; behoof. [Obsolete]
It shall not be to his behoove.