behave

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
behave/bɪˈheɪv/
verb
  • 1 act or conduct oneself in a specified way.
  • 2 (also behave oneself) conduct oneself in accordance with accepted norms.
– origin ME: from be- + have in the sense ‘bear oneself in a particular way’.
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