behave

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Regno Unito//bᵻˈheɪv//
Stati Uniti//bɪˈheɪv//
Stati Uniti//bi-//
Stati Uniti//bə-//

To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.

verbo

1
To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
You need to behave yourself, young lady.
And the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those that behaved themselves manfully to their honour for Judaism[…]
2
To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
He behaves like a child whenever she's around.
How did the students behave while I was gone?
My laptop has been behaving erratically ever since you borrowed it.
Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.
3
obsoletoTo conduct, manage, regulate (something).
He did behave his anger ere 'twas spent.
But who his limbs with labours, and his mind / Behaues with cares, cannot so easie mis.
4
To act in a polite or proper way.
His mother threatened to spank him if he didn't behave.
One time when Willie was more set on clowning than on learning about Jesus, Miss Helen ordered, "Willie Mack, you stand up against the wall until you learn to behave."

Etimologia

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan Old English behabban Middle English behaven English behave From Middle English behaven, bihabben (“to restrain, behave”), from Old English behabban (“to surround, embrace, hold, contain, hold back, withhold, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan, equivalent to be- + have. Cognate with Middle Low German behebben, behāven (“to receive, acquire, reach, keep”), Low German behebben (“to act, behave”), German behaben (“to behave”).

Forme

passato: behaved
participio passato: behaved
participio presente: behaving
3ª persona singolare: behaves

begun · Having began.Begun · A surname.behalf · The interest, benefit, or wellbeing of someone or something.

behave · To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.

behaved · Exhibiting the specified kind of behaviour.behaving · Behaviour.behavior · Human conduct relative to social norms.

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.