单词 | behave |
释义 | † behaven. Obsolete. = behaviour n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > [noun] tightc888 workOE laitsc1225 rule?c1225 guise1303 conditionsc1374 actiona1393 governancea1393 governailc1425 port?a1439 fashion1447 dressa1450 governinga1450 walkingc1450 abearing?1454 deport1474 behaving1482 dealing1484 guidinga1500 demeanoura1513 behaviour?1521 walk?1567 daps1582 courses1592 deportment1601 behave?1615 deportation1616 containment1619 conduct1673 haviour1752 daddyism1984 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xxii. 545 Only there were twelve that gave Themselves to impudence and light behave. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). behavev. 1. reflexive. To bear, comport, or conduct oneself; to act: a. with adverb or qualifying phrase, expressing the manner. (Formerly a dignified expression, applied e.g. to the bearing, deportment, and public conduct of persons of distinction; in 17–18th centuries commonly used of the way in which soldiers acquit themselves in battle; but now chiefly expressing observance of propriety in personal conduct, and usually as in 1b. The intransitive sense 3, preserves the earlier use.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave or conduct oneself [verb (reflexive)] wieldOE leadc1175 bear?c1225 steera1250 to take onc1275 contain1297 to shift one's handa1300 demeanc1320 guyc1325 govern1340 keep1362 havec1390 rulec1390 guide14.. conceivea1425 maintain?a1425 maynea1425 behavec1440 disporta1450 orderc1487 use1497 handle?1529 convey1530 gesture1542 treat1568 carry1584 deport1598 bestow1606 comport1616 mienc1680 conduct1706 c1440 Bone Flor. 1567 To lerne hur to behave hur among men. 1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) iii. ii. 91 Ony man that wylle truly behaue hym self. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 241 Yet in all her trybulacions she behad her so paciently. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 15 The mair princely that he behad him in his dignite riall. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Chron. xix. 13 Let vs behaue our selues valiantly for our people. View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 303 The Sea-men..would be ready to mutiny for their Pay, and threaten to behave themselves as Enemies. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 2. ⁋4 He was some Years a Captain, and behaved himself with great Galantry in several Engagements. 1715 in London Gaz. No. 5390/2 The Clans behave themselves with great Insolence. 1733 Pendarves in Swift's Lett. (1768) IV. 39 Let me know if I have behaved myself right. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 303 The Chief..had behaved himself with the most determined courage. b. Without qualification: To conduct oneself well, or (in modern use) with propriety. Now chiefly said of children or young people, who might possibly misbehave themselves. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > behave well [verb (reflexive)] behave1691 1691 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) II. 209 The French King hath given large gratuities to Mr. Vauban and other officers that behaved themselves before Mons. 1887 N.E.D. at Behave Mod. colloq. If you cannot behave yourself, you had better stay at home. 1887 N.E.D. at Behave Mod. Sc. maxim, ‘Behave yourself before folk.’ c. transferred of things: To comport itself in any relation, to act (towards other things). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [verb (reflexive)] > operate under specific conditions behave?1541 ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Bjv, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens Euery thyng that behaueth it wel, and is accordyng to nature. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine i. xi. 36 If these three Provinces be..compared together, they behave themselves as followeth. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 54 How the Worlds vastness behaves it self towards Gods Immensity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair) demeanc1315 to see for ——1405 to go in hand with (also to do something)c1450 treatc1450 behavea1529 ordera1535 handle1548 manage1579 to bear forth1631 conduct1632 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Diiii Without crafte nothynge is well behauyd. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1585) 277 These pinchpenies do behave their persons so evil, etc. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iii. sig. P4v Who his limbs with labours, and his mynd Behaues with cares, cannot so easy mis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vi. 22 With such sober and vnnoted passion He did behooue [read behaue] his anger. View more context for this quotation 3. a. intransitive: in same senses as 1a, 1b (which it now to a great extent replaces). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave, conduct, or bear oneself [verb (intransitive)] i-bereeOE workeOE makeOE fere1154 walka1200 steera1250 to take onc1275 fare1340 to fare with oneself1340 containa1375 to let latesa1400 usea1400 dealc1400 rulea1425 act1593 comport1616 carry1650 deport1667 demean1678 behave1721 conduct1754 to carry on1828 1721 E. Young Revenge i. i As you behave, Your father's kindness stabs me to the heart. 1812 Ld. Cathcart in Examiner 12 Oct. 649/1 Those who were engaged behaved well. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 678 He behaved like a man of sense and spirit. 1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vii. 188 Behaving, alas for her! not over wisely or well. 1872 J. Ruskin Eagle's Nest §161 You must very..thoroughly know how to behave. b. to behave towards or to: to conduct oneself in regard to, act, deal with, treat (in any way). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards ateec1000 leadc1175 makec1175 farec1230 beleadc1275 dightc1275 beseec1300 servec1300 treatc1374 usea1382 proceeda1393 demean1393 to deal witha1400 treatc1400 to do to ——a1425 entreat?a1425 handc1440 ferea1450 entertain1490 ray1509 to do unto ——?1523 tract1548 deal1573 to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591 play1597 to comport with1675 to behave towards or to1754 usen1814 1754 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) iv. 24 As to your manner of behaving towards these unhappy young gentlemen. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 49 Did you ever behave ill to your father or your mother? 1887 N.E.D. at Behave Mod. They have behaved very handsomely to you. c. transferred of things. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > [verb (intransitive)] > operate under specific conditions behave1854 handle1881 1854 J. Scoffern in Orr's Circle Sci., Chem. Chem. 463 It combines violently with water, behaving like the bichloride of tin. 1871 B. Stewart Heat (ed. 2) §38 Glass will also behave in a very different manner according as it is annealed or unannealed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1615v.c1440 |
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