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Definition of Behave
1. Verb. Behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself. "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
Specialized synonyms: Act Involuntarily, Act Reflexively, Bend Over Backwards, Fall Over Backwards, Presume, Vulgarise, Vulgarize, Optimise, Optimize, Quack, Menace, Make, Bluster, Swagger, Swash, Freeze, Wanton, Romanticize, Sentimentalise, Sentimentalize, Sentimentise, Sentimentize, Bungle, Play, Toy, Act, Act As, Play, Stooge, Jest, Joke, Piffle, Make, Make As If, Break Down, Lose It, Snap, Dally, Dawdle, Backslap, Hugger Mugger, Sauce, Footle, Frivol, Trifle, Puff Up, Swell, Follow, Loosen Up, Relax, Rage, Ramp, Storm
Related verbs: Act, Act As, Play, Act, Dissemble, Pretend
Also: Act Up
2. Verb. Behave in a certain manner. "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"
Generic synonyms: Bear, Carry, Hold, Act, Move
Specialized synonyms: Fluster, Assert, Put Forward, Deal, Walk Around, Pose, Posture
Derivative terms: Bearing, Comportment, Conduct, Conduct, Deportment
3. Verb. Behave well or properly. "The children must learn to behave"
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Specialized synonyms: Walk, Assert Oneself, Remember Oneself
Antonyms: Misbehave
Derivative terms: Comportment
Definition of Behave
1. v. t. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.
2. v. i. To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.
Definition of Behave
1. Verb. (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; (non-gloss definition used with an adverbial of manner.) ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something). ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Behave
1. to act properly [v -HAVED, -HAVING, -HAVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Behave
Literary usage of Behave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poets and Poetry of Scotland: From the Earliest to the Present Time by James Grant Wilson (1876)
"behave yoursel' before folk, behave yoursel' before folk; Gin that's the case,
... Can I behave, can I behave, Can I behave before folk, When, wily elf, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"Migration experiments were carried out which show that a metal-ammonium solution
may behave like a metallic electrode. The process of solution of a metal in ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"The townspeople of D however, imperfectly informed as they now were, continued
to behave in a not totally discreditable manner. There were parties for and ..."
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