BEHAVE

[verb] - to act in a particular way, or to be good by acting in a way which has society's approvalShe always behaves well/badly when her aunts come to visit. [I]Our job is to show people the need to behave responsibly in or close to the sea. [I]Whenever there was a full moon he would start behaving strangely. [I]You must behave (yourself) at the party! [I or T]He's thirty now, it's time that he started behaving (himself). [I or T]See also well-behaved.