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Audio Help [bi-heyv] Pronunciation Key verb, -haved, -hav·ing.

–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.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME behaven (reflexive). See be-, have

]

—Synonyms 1. perform, acquit oneself, deport oneself.

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be·have Audio Help   (bĭ-hāv') Pronunciation Key
v.   be·haved, be·hav·ing, be·haves

v.   intr.

1. To conduct oneself in a specified way: The child behaved badly at the party.
2. To conduct oneself in a proper way: I told the child to behave.
To act, react, function, or perform in a particular way: This fabric behaves well even in hot weather.

v. tr.

To conduct (oneself) properly: Did you behave yourself at the party?
To conduct (oneself) in a specified way: The witness behaved herself with great calmness.