Bible Dictionaries
Behave

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.

(2):

(v. t.) To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

(3):

(v. t.) To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; - used reflexively.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Behave'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/behave.html. 1828.