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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

behoovable en · ADJ

Etymology

From behoove + -able.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Supplying need; profitable; advantageous.
    • Synne is behovabil, but al shal be wel c. 1393, Julian of Norwich, “chapter 27”, in Revelations of Divine Love:

Forms

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most behoovable Degree=Sup lexicographic
more behoovable Degree=Cmp lexicographic