Behoove

/bɪˈhuːv/ verb

To be necessary or proper for someone; to be one's duty or responsibility.

From Old English 'behófian,' related to Old Norse 'behófa' (to need). The word originally meant 'to be necessary for' and still carries that sense of obligation or appropriateness.

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