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behave

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbehaven,bihabben(“to restrain, behave”), fromOld Englishbehabban(“to surround, embrace, hold, contain, hold back, withhold, restrain”), fromProto-West Germanic*bihabbjan, equivalent tobe- +‎have. Cognate withMiddle Low Germanbehebben,behāven(“to receive, acquire, reach, keep”),Low Germanbehebben(“to act, behave”),Germanbehaben(“to behave”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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behave (third-person singular simple presentbehaves,present participlebehaving,simple past and past participlebehaved)

  1. (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
    You need tobehave yourself, young lady.
  2. (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner;used with an adverbial of manner.
    Synonyms:deport,tread
    Hebehaves like a child whenever she's around.
    How did the studentsbehave while I was gone?
    My laptop has beenbehaving erratically ever since you borrowed it.
    • 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, inThe Economist, volume411, number8884:
      Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech andbehave like someone inebriated.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) Toconduct,manage,regulate (something).
  4. (intransitive) To act in apolite or proper way.
    His mother threatened to spank him if he didn'tbehave.
    • 2009, Roger L. Van Ommeren,From Rebellion to Submission, page48:
      One time when Willie was more set on clowning than on learning about Jesus, Miss Helen ordered, "Willie Mack, you stand up against the wall until you learn tobehave."

Conjugation

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Conjugation ofbehave
infinitive(to)behave
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularbehavebehaved
2nd-personsingularbehave,behavest†behaved,behavedst†
3rd-personsingularbehaves,behaveth†behaved
pluralbehave
subjunctivebehavebehaved
imperativebehave—
participlesbehavingbehaved

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Translations

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to act in a specific manner
to act in a polite or proper way
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