Part 1015

<blockquote>He did <b>behave</b> his anger ere 't was spent. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively.</def>

<blockquote>Those that <b>behaved</b> themselves manfully. <i>2 Macc. ii. 21.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Behave</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*have"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To act; to conduct; to bear or carry one's self; <as>as, to <ex>behave</ex> well or ill</as>.</def>

<note>&hand; This verb is often used colloquially without an adverb of manner; as, if he does not <i>behave</i>, he will be punished. It is also often applied to inanimate objects; as, the ship <i>behaved</i> splendidly.</note>

<h1>Behavior</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hav"ior</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objects; <as>as, the <ex>behavior</ex> of a ship in a storm; the <ex>behavior</ex> of the magnetic needle.</as></def>

<blockquote>A gentleman that is very singular in his <b>behavior</b>. <i>Steele.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>To be upon one's good behavior</col>, <col>To be put upon one's good behavior</col></mcol>, <cd>to be in a state of trial, in which something important depends on propriety of conduct.</cd> -- <col>During good behavior</col>, <cd>while (or so long as) one conducts one's self with integrity and fidelity or with propriety.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Bearing; demeanor; manner.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Behavior</er>, <er>Conduct</er>. <i>Behavior</i> is the mode in which we <i>have</i> or <i>bear</i> ourselves in the presence of others or toward them; <i>conduct</i> is the mode of our carrying ourselves forward in the concerns of life. <i>Behavior</i> respects our manner of acting in particular cases; <i>conduct</i> refers to the general tenor of our actions. We may say of soldiers, that their <i>conduct</i> had been praiseworthy during the whole campaign, and their <i>behavior</i> admirable in every instance when they met the enemy.</usage>

<h1>Behead</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*head"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Beheaded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Beheading</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bihefden</ets>, AS. <ets>behe\'a0fdian</ets>; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>he\'a0fod</ets> head. See <er>Head</er>.]</ety> <def>To sever the head from; to take off the head of.</def>

<h1>Beheadal</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*head"al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><def>,<tt>n.</tt>Beheading.</def> <mark>[Modern]</mark>

<h1>Beheld</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*held"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Behold</er>.</def>

<h1>Behemoth</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be"he*moth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>behem<?/th</ets>, fr. Egyptian <ets>P-ehe-maut</ets> hippopotamus.]</ety> <def>An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in <i>Job xl. 15-24</i>.</def>

<h1>Behen, Behn</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw><hw>Be"hen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Behn</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Per. & Ar. <ets>bahman</ets>, <ets>behmen</ets>, an herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The <spn>Centaurea behen</spn>, or saw-leaved centaury.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The <spn>Cucubalus behen</spn>, or bladder campion, now called <spn>Silene inflata</spn>.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>The <spn>Statice limonium</spn>, or sea lavender.</def>

<h1>Behest</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hest"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>biheste</ets> promise, command, AS. <ets>beh<?/s</ets> promise; pref. <ets>be-</ets> + <ets>h<?/s</ets> command. See <er>Hest</er>, <er>Hight</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction.</def>

<blockquote>To do his master's high <b>behest</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A vow; a promise.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the <b>behest</b> that I have made. <i>Paston.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Behest</h1> <Xpage=133>

<hw>Be*hest"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To vow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>