behave

[Be*have·]

The way you act or conduct yourself is how you behave. Teachers and parents often tell kids Behave!

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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

Verb
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don''t behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"

Verb
behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

Verb
behave well or properly; "The children must learn to behave"

v. t.
To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

v. t.
To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.

v. i.
To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.

Behave

Be*have" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Behaved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Behaving.] [AS. behabban to surround, restrain, detain (akin to G. gehaben (obs.) to have, sich gehaben to behave or carry one's self); pref. be- + habban to have. See Have, v. t. ] 1. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain. [Obs.]

He did behave his anger ere 't was spent.

2. To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.

Those that behaved themselves manfully.

Behave

Be*have", v. i. To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill. &hand; This verb is often used colloquially without an adverb of manner; as, if he does not behave, he will be punished. It is also often applied to inanimate objects; as, the ship behaved splendidly.

To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.

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Usage Examples

Creative people don't behave very well generally. If you're looking for examples of good relationships in show business, you're gonna be depressed real fast. I don't have time for anything else right now but work and my daughter. She's my first priority.

I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, 'No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving,' and then you do it.

I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.

Change creates fear, and technology creates change. Sadly, most people don't behave very well when they are afraid.

Freedom means the freedom to behave coarsely, basely, foolishly.

Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know.

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Other Usage Examples

How does it become a man to behave towards the American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

Human knowledge has been changing from the word go and people in certain respects behave more rationally than they did when they didn't have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds.

Even if society dictates that men and women should behave in certain ways, it is fathers and mothers who teach those ways to children not just in the words they say, but in the lives they lead.

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

All outward forms of religion are almost useless, and are the causes of endless strife. Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.

I couldn't be in a relationship and behave like somebody else or pretend I felt something I didn't feel. And that includes saying things I thought might jeopardize the relationship.