behave
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
< late Middle English behaven (“‘to restrain’”) < be- + have.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɪˈheɪv/
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- Rhymes: -eɪv
[edit] Verb
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to behave (third-person singular simple present behaves, present participle behaving, simple past and past participle behaved)
- To act in a polite or proper way.
- His mother threatened to spank him if he didn't behave.
- To act in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
- He behaves like a child whenever she's around.
- How did the students behave while I was gone?
- My laptop has been behaving erratically ever since you borrowed it.
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[edit] Translations
to act in a polite or proper way
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to act in a specific manner
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[edit] External links
- behave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- behave in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
