behaving
Use Behaving in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to act in a particular way; conduct or comport oneself or itself: The ship behaves well.
2.
to act properly: Did the child behave?
3.
to act or react under given circumstances: This plastic behaves strangely under extreme heat or cold.
verb (used with object)
4.
to conduct or comport (oneself) in a proper manner: Sit quietly and behave yourself.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to act or function in a specified or usual way |
| 2. | to conduct (oneself) in a specified way: he behaved badly towards her |
| 3. | to conduct (oneself) properly or as desired: the child behaved himself all day |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
behave
early 15c., from be- intensive prefix + have; the sense is "to have or bear (oneself) in a particular way, comport" (cf. Ger. sich behaben, Fr. se porter). Cognate O.E. compound behabban meant "to contain," though the modern sense of behave could have
evolved from behabban via a notion of "self-restraint."
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Quest is called in to investigate a volcano that is behaving abnormally.
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