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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Be·hoove v. t. [imp. & p. p. Behooved p. pr. & vb. n. Behooving.]  To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally.
    And thus it behooved Christ to suffer.   --Luke xxiv. 46.
 [Also written behove.]