behave

v., -haved, -hav·ing, -haves.

v.intr.

1. 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.
2. To act, react, function, or perform in a particular way: This fabric behaves well even in hot weather.

v.tr.

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

[Middle English behaven : be-, be- + haven, to have; see have.]

verb

1. To conduct oneself in a specified way: acquit, act, bear, carry, comport, demean, deport, do, quit. See be.
2. To react in a specified way: act, function, operate, perform, work. See action/inaction.

v

Definition: act reasonably, properly
Antonyms: act up, misbehave

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IN BRIEF: To act, function, or react in a particular way.

The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do. — John Holt.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - opføre sig, arte sig
v. tr. - arte sig, opføre sig (pænt)

Nederlands (Dutch)
zich gedragen

Français (French)
v. intr. - se conduire, se comporter, bien se tenir, être sage (un enfant), bien agir envers qn, marcher, fonctionner (une machine, etc)
v. tr. - bien se comporter

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich benehmen, sich verhalten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συμπεριφέρομαι, φέρομαι, φέρομαι ευπρεπώς

Italiano (Italian)
comportarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - comportar-se

Русский (Russian)
вести себя хорошо

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - comportarse, conducirse, portarse
v. tr. - comportarse, conducirse, portarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - uppföra sig, bete sig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
举止, 表现, 行为, 使表现好

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 舉止, 表現, 行為
v. tr. - 使表現好

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 행동하다, 예절 바르게 행동하다, 움직이다
v. tr. - 행동하다, 얌전히 굴다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 振る舞う, 行動する, 行儀よくする, 動く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) تصرف, سلك, تأدب, أحسن التصرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮פעל, התנהג‬
v. tr. - ‮פעל, התנהג‬

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