Definition of "behave"

And the manifest signs that came from heaven unto those that behaved themselves manfully to their honour for Judaism […]

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 2 Maccabees 2:21

Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.

2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884

He did behave his anger ere 'twas spent.

c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene v], page 88

But who his limbs with labours, and his mind / Behaues with cares, cannot so easie mis.

1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book 2, canto 3, verse 40

One time when Willie was more set on clowning than on learning about Jesus, Miss Helen ordered, "Willie Mack, you stand up against the wall until you learn to behave."

2009, Roger L. Van Ommeren, From Rebellion to Submission, page 48