1. (v. t.) To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain.

2. (v. t.) To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.

3. (v. i.) To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; as, to behave well or ill.

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