Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Behoove \Be*hoove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Behooved}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Behooving}.] [OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. beh?fian to
   have need of, fr. beh?f. 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.   --Luke xxiv.
                                                  46.
   [Also written {behove}.]