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What is the verb for behaviour?

What's the verb for behaviour? Here's the word you're looking for.

behave
  1. (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way.
  2. (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
  4. (intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “He said his client admitted he had done wrong and would behave differently if he had his time again.”
      “The kids were told to behave themselves in the presence of guests.”
      “At the same time, the right to free speech does not absolve us from our duty to behave responsibly.”
behaving
behaves
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behave
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He behaves so aggressively in his new home that he is rehoused with an old couple who could give him everything he lacks.”
      “By studying how the ionosphere reacts to the experiments, scientists can begin to understand how it behaves during natural airglow and aurora.”
      “He drives a sports car and behaves with the arrogance of a once famous person.”
behaveth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of behave
behavest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of behave
behavedst
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of behave
behaved
  1. simple past tense and past participle of behave
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Others were, briefly, inattentive, but generally we were well behaved and gave Old Dutch our rapt attention.”
      “Evidence suggests that today's troubled teenagers are rather more well behaved.”
      “She is well behaved and will sit and give you her paw as well as obey basic commands.”
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