D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Behave

/bĭh-āv'/ · Be·have · IPA /bɪˈheɪv/
01 v. t. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
imp. & p. p. Behaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Behaving
  1. 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.” Shak.
  2. 2.
    To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.
    “Those that behaved themselves manfully.” — 2 Macc. ii. 21.
02 v. i. To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.
  1. 1.
    To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.