25 April 2018
behoof
[bih-hoof]
noun, plural behooves [bih-hoovz]
1. use; advantage; benefit:
The money was spent for his own behoof
Origin of behoof
Middle English, Old English
1000 before 1000; Middle English behove, Old English behōf profit, need; cognate with Dutch behoef, German Behuf
behoove
[bih-hoov] (chiefly in impersonal use)
Spell Syllables
verb (used with object), behooved, behooving.
1. to be necessary or proper for, as for moral or ethical considerations; be incumbent on:
It behooves the court to weigh evidence impartially.
2. to be worthwhile to, as for personal profit or advantage:
It would behoove you to be nicer to those who could help you.
verb (used without object), behooved, behooving.
3. Archaic. to be needful, proper, or due:
Perseverance is a quality that behooves in a scholar.
Origin
before 900; Middle English behoven, Old English behōfian to need ( behōf behoof + -ian infinitive suffix)
Synonyms
2. benefit, advantage, serve, better, advance; suit, befit, beseem.
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Examples from the Web for behoof
Contemporary Examples
I will still say that it behooves us not to forget that Morsi was no democrat.
Coming Clean on Egypt
Michael Tomasky
August 15, 2013
Given that said government is now spending almost a quarter of our annual income, it behooves us to keep an eye on it.
Is DC Real Estate Headed Up or Down?
Megan McArdle
October 23, 2012
Historical Examples
And so, my lads, it behooves us to be cautious with a very great caution.
The Rock of Chickamauga
Joseph A. Altsheler
It behooves me all the more to see to it that I am not duped in the end.
Casanova’s Homecoming
Arthur Schnitzler
It behooves the materialists to use language with more precision and accuracy than this.
Life: Its True Genesis
R. W. Wright
We know nothing about it, and, therefore, it behooves us to say nothing.
Homeward Bound
James Fenimore Cooper
It behooves us, gentlemen, to think first of the cities of our King.
Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer
Cyrus Townsend Brady
It behooves us then to acquaint ourselves with these new aspects of the human soul.
Chinese Painters
Raphael Petrucci
For so it behooves a modern parent to behave in the presence of his children.
Red Cap Tales
Samuel Rutherford Crockett
It behooves us to keep close track of our herds and mark them carefully.
The Story of Wool
Sara Ware Bassett
Anagram
hob foe
Today’s quote
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
– John Adams
On this day
25 April – Anzac Day. National day of remembrance for Australia and New Zealand to commemorate ANZACs who fought at Gallipoli during World War I, honouring all service-men and women who served their country.
25 April – World Penguin Day.
25 April 1915 – World War I: the battle of Gallipoli begins, when Australian, New Zealand, British and French forces invade Turkey’s Gallipoli Peninsula, landing at Cape Helles, and what is now called Anzac Cove. The attack followed a failed British attempt on 18 March 1915 to seize Constantinople by sailing a fleet into the Dardenelle Straits. The Turks laid naval mines and sank three British ships. The Gallipoli Campaign resulted in the deaths of 56,643 Turks, 56,707 allies, which included 34,072 from Britain, 9,798 from France, 8,709 from Australia, 2,721 from New Zealand, 1,358 from British India, 49 from Newfoundland. More than 107,000 Turks and 123,000 allies were injured. The Gallipoli Campaign is seen as a defining moment in the national histories of both Australia and Turkey.
25 April 1918 – Australian troops victorious over the Germans in the town of Villers-Bretonneux on the Western Front. The town had been occupied by the British, however, on 18 April 1918, Germany used mustard gas outside the town. On 21 April, an aerial dog-fight between British & German planes ensued, with the infamous Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen) being shot down and killed (rumour has it that his last words were ‘kaputt’). On 24 April, Germany over-ran the British by attacking with tanks. This was the first use of German tanks during the war. The British counter-attacked with their tanks, providing the first tank versus tank battle of the war. However, most of the British troops were untrained boys aged 18 and 19 years old who had not even fired a shot . The Germans quickly won the battle and took 2400 prisoners. At 2200 hours on 25 August 1918, Australian troops counter-attacked in a pincer-movement, with General H.E. Elliot leading an attack from the north and General T.W. Glasgow leading an attack from the south. By dawn on 26 April, British and Australian troops occupied Villers-Bretonneux. The victory was completed on 27 April when Australians established a line outside of the town. Significant losses were sustained in the battle, with Germany losing around 10,400 lives, Britain losing 9,529 lives, France losing 3,470 lives and Australia losing 2,473. It is arguably one of the single most significant victories by Australian troops during World War I, although there were others along the Western Front, including the 4 July victory at Le Hamel under the leadership of General John Monash. In 2018, the Australian Government opened The Sir John Monash memorial centre at Villers-Bretonneux as the central hub of the existing Australian Remembrance Trail along the Western Front.
25 April 1983 – American schoolgirl, Samantha Smith, is invited to the Soviet Union after its leader, Yuri Andropov, reads her letter expressing her fears of nuclear war.