資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Behave \Be*have"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Behaved}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Behaving}.] [AS. behabban to surround, restrain, detain
   (akin to G. gehaben (obs.) to have, sich gehaben to behave or
   carry one's self); pref. be- + habban to have. See {Have}, v.
   t. ]
   1. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline;
      to handle; to restrain. [Obs.]

            He did behave his anger ere 't was spent. --Shak.

   2. To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; --
      used reflexively.

            Those that behaved themselves manfully. --2 Macc.
                                                  ii. 21.