Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behoveth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-hoveth
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of behove

Archaic

Etymology

Etymology tree English behove Proto-Germanic *-ōþi Proto-West Germanic *-ōþ Old English -aþ Middle English -eth English -eth English behoveth From behove + -eth.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

behooveth (alternative)

Questions

What does behoveth mean?: third-person singular simple present indicative of behove
Where does behoveth come from?: Etymology tree English behove Proto-Germanic *-ōþi Proto-West Germanic *-ōþ Old English -aþ Middle English -eth English -eth English behoveth From behove + -eth.

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