Part 1019

<i> Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Behoove</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hoove"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Advantage; behoof.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It shall not be to his <b>behoove</b>. <i>Gower.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Behooveful</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hoove"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Advantageous; useful; profitable.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> -- <wordforms><wf>Be*hoove"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Be*hoove"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Archaic]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Behove</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hove"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.</tt><def>, and derivatives. See <er>Behoov</er>e, & c.</def>

<h1>Behovely</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hove"ly</hw>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <def>Useful, or usefully.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Behowl</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*howl"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To howl at.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The wolf <b>behowls</b> the moon. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Beige</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Beige</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Debeige.</def>

<h1>Beild</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Beild</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from the same root as <ets>build</ets>, v. t.]</ety> <def>A place of shelter; protection; refuge.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark> <altsp>[Also written <asp>bield</asp> and <asp>beeld</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>The random <b>beild</b> o' clod or stane. <i>Burns.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Being</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. pr.</tt> from <er>Be</er>. <def>Existing.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Being</i> was formerly used where we now use <i>having</i>. "<i>Being</i> to go to a ball in a few days." <i>Miss Edgeworth</i>.</note>

<note>&hand; In modern usage, <i>is</i>, <i>are</i>, <i>was</i> or <i>were being</i>, with a past participle following (as <i>built</i>, <i>made</i>, etc.) indicates the process toward the completed result expressed by the participle. The form <i>is</i> or <i>was building</i>, in this passive signification, is idiomatic, and, if free from ambiguity, is commonly preferable to the modern <i>is</i> or <i>was being built</i>. The last form of speech is, however, sufficiently authorized by approved writers. The older expression was <i>is</i>, or <i>was</i>, <i>a-building</i> or <i>in building</i>.</note>

<blockquote>A man who <b>is being</b> strangled. <i>Lamb.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>While the article on Burns <b>was being</b> written. <i>Froude.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Fresh experience <b>is</b> always <b>being</b> gained. <i> Jowett (Thucyd. )</i></blockquote>

<h1>Being</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Existence, as opposed to nonexistence; state or sphere of existence.</def>

<blockquote>In Him we live, and move, and have our <b>being</b>. <i>Acts xvii. 28.</i></blockquote>