BEHAVE
\bɪhˈe͡ɪv], \bɪhˈeɪv], \b_ɪ_h_ˈeɪ_v]\
Definitions of BEHAVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
By Princeton University
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behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
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To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.
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To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; - used reflexively.
By Oddity Software
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To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
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To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.
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To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; - used reflexively.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(with self) To bear or carry, to conduct.
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To conduct one's self: to act. This word, when used intransitively and reflexively, has sometimes, in colloquial language, a good sense, having the force of to behave well, to conduct one's self well, the modifying adverb being implied; as, the boy will get his holidays if he behaves; behave yourselves and you will be duly rewarded.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
