and please behave yourself

Definition of behave

behaved; behaving

transitive verb

1 : to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way

2 : to conduct (oneself) in a proper manner

• getting children to behave themselves

intransitive verb

1 : to act, function, or react in a particular way

• He behaves like a child.

• testing how various metals behave under heat and pressure

2 : to conduct oneself properly

• Please behave.

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behaver

noun

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Examples of behave in a Sentence

1. If you can't behave in the store we'll have to leave.
2. If you can't behave yourself in the store we'll have to leave.
3. I wish those children would behave themselves.
4. He behaves like a child!
5. The experiment tested how various metals behave under heat and pressure.