English-Thai Dictionary
behoof
N ผลประโยชน์ benefit advantage
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BEHOOF
n. 1. Radically, need, necessity; whence, by an easy analogy, the word came to signify that which supplies want. Hence, in present usage.
2. That which is advantageous; advantage; profit; benefit.
No mean recompense it brings to your behoof.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BEHOOF
Be *hoof ", n. Etym: [OE. to bihove for the use of, AS. beh advantage, a word implied in beh necessary; akin to Sw. behof, Dan. behov, G. behuf, and E. heave, the root meaning to seize, hence the meanings "to hold, make use of. " See Heave, v. t.]
Defn: Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use. No mean recompense it brings To your behoof. Milton.
New American Oxford Dictionary
behoof
be hoof |biˈho͞of bəˈhuf | ▶noun archaic benefit or advantage: to make laws for the behoof of the colony. ORIGIN Old English behōf; related to Dutch behoef and German Behuf, also to heave .
Oxford Dictionary
behoof
behoof |bɪˈhuːf | ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic benefit or advantage: to make laws for the behoof of the colony. ORIGIN Old English behōf, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch behoef and German Behuf, also to heave .
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