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To be advantageous to or appropriate.
"Supposin you wanted to go hiking in the woods with Ralph, it would behoove you to wear nice boots."
Behoove by JulesTheCrow March 23, 2008
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Behoovinator 

A pompous bogan who over uses obscure words in the queens English and speaks with a fake british accent.
I got rignalled by the behoovinator. Seriously, who uses the word 'behove' in a sentence?
Behoovinator by OrcChops November 9, 2011

Behooves 

Puzzle, confuse; to be taken aback in such a way that Darren Fleet has no explanation.
What behooves me is how some of y’all talk about how Darren Fleet doesn’t know how to use the word behooved when y’all don’t know the difference between your and you’re.
Behooves by Brittnayyyyyy May 4, 2019

behooves 

v. To be necessary, appropriate, or proper. This, by the way is NOT SLANG but I at least congratulate you on making a post where you don't mention your favorite foods or should've-been-aborted daughter.

BTW, "behooves me to want to" is a grammatical attrocity.
Andi's numerous nonsensical posts behoove me to vomit.
behooves by ElBorracho February 23, 2005

behoovergasted 

it’s like flabbergasted (surprised) but even more.
i was BEHOOVERGASTED that she had the balls to post that
A word that pretentious snobs use to sound like 16th-century douchebags.
D.F. Baggerson III: "I use words like "behoove" so people will assume that I'm cultured and refined."
Behoove by Graphik January 21, 2009