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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Behave \Be*have"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Behaved}; p. pr & vb n. {Behaving}.] [AS. behabban to surround, restrain, detain (akin to G. gehaben (obs.) to have sich gehaben to behave or carry one's self); pref. be- + habban to have See {Have}, v. t. ] 1. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain. [Obs.] He did behave his anger ere 't was spent. --Shak. 2. To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively. Those that behaved themselves manfully. --2 Macc. ii 21.
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