Be-hāve'1, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. BEHAVED; p. pr. & vb. n. BEHAVING.] [Prefix be and have; A-S. be-habban, to restrain, to detain; Ger. gehaben, obs., to have, sich gehaben, to behave or carry one's self.]
Sense 1. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline. [Obs.]
He did behave his anger ere ’twas spent. Shak.
Sense 2. To carry; to conduct; to manage; to bear;—used reflexively. “Those that behaved themselves manfully.” 2 Mace. xxi.