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  • 91behóf — n ( es/ ) behoof, profit; need …

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  • 92þearf — f ( e/ a) 1. need; 2. need for or of something, which is expressed (1) by a genitive (α) of a noun, or of a pronoun referring to a noun; him wæs manna þearf to him was a need of men; (β) of a pronoun that represents a clause; nis mé þæs nán þearf …

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  • 93Good — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Good >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 good good benefit advantage Sgm: N 1 improvement improvement &c. 658 Sgm: N 1 greatest good greatest good supreme good Sgm: N 1 interest interest servi …

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  • 94Behuf — Sm In der Wendung zu diesem Behuf zu diesem Zweck und in der erstarrten Genetiv Form behufs zwecks . erw. obs. phras. (13. Jh.), mhd. behuof, mndd. behōf Stammwort. In der alten Sprache nicht bezeugt, wohl aber in ae. behōf, afr. behōf n. Zweck,… …

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  • 95byefþe — See behoof …

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  • 96behove — [bɪ həʊv] (US behoove hu:v) verb (it behoves someone to do something) formal it is a duty, responsibility, or appropriate response for someone to do something. Origin OE behōfian, from behōf (see behoof) …

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  • 97behalf — n. Benefit, advantage, convenience, profit, interest, account, behoof, support, defence …

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  • 98advantage — I. n. 1. Favorable opportunity, vantageground, superior situation or condition, best estate, best plight. 2. Superiority, ascendency, pre eminence, upper hand. 3. Benefit, avail, profit, gain, emolument, return, utility, expediency, good, weal,… …

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  • 99benefit — I. n. 1. Favor, service, act of kindness, good turn, kind office. 2. Advantage, profit, avail, gain, good, utility, behalf, behoof, account, interest. II. v. a. 1. Befriend, help, serve, do good to, be useful to, advance the interest of, confer a …

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  • 100worth — noun 1) evidence of the rug s worth Syn: value, price, cost; valuation, quotation, estimate 2) the intrinsic worth of education Syn: benefit, advantage, use, value, virtue, utility …

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