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Definition of behave : 1. To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.
2. To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; - used reflexively.
3. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

Synonyms:

expatriate, express, stock, demean, endure, extend, carry on, convey, carry, persuade, digest, coif, guide, represent, reform, dribble, bear, dissemble, roleplay, channel, suffice, stand, playact, hold, serve, put up, offend, exculpate, deal, suffer, direct, sway, lead, stomach, abide, expect, deliver, give birth, impart, turn out, take, have a bun in the oven, obey, yield, coiffure, answer, discharge, be, take over, brook, action, quit, coiffe, dress, support, arrange, run, acquit, contain, post, wear, gestate, practise, birth, act as, fare, shape up, set, play, assoil, make out, have, exonerate, accept, stick out, exile, cause, transmit, pay, misbehave, tolerate, come, transport, pack, stockpile, clear, extradite, make, pretend, get along, assume, manage

enterprise, labor, appear, perform, perpetrate, move, endeavor, function, transact, comport, execute, officiate, react, do, operate, work, conduct, act, exercise

practice, deport, proceed

Usage examples:

• " Now, see here, John March, you've no right to make me behave so. - "John March, Southerner", George W. Cable.
• But the Ingmarssons never behave like other folks. - "Jerusalem", Selma Lagerlöf.
• She would have to go back to the city, and talk by rule, and dress by rule, and behave by rule, and be correct. - "The Cow Puncher", Robert J. C. Stead.