behoove vs behove

behoove

verb
  • To be fitting. 

  • To befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. Alternative form of behove. 

behove

verb
  • To befit, to suit. 

  • To be in the best interest of; to benefit. 

  • To be necessary for (someone). 

  • To be needful, meet or becoming. 

How often have the words behoove and behove occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )