Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Needful; useful; fit; profitable; advantageous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Archaic Advantageous; useful; profitable.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective archaic Needful; useful; fit; profitable; advantageous.

Etymologies

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From Middle English behoveful, equivalent to behoof +‎ -ful.

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