behave

US /bɪˈheɪv/
UK /bɪˈheɪv/
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1.

act or conduct oneself in a specified (and usually acceptable) way

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The children behaved well during the trip.
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You need to behave yourself at school.
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actconduct oneselfperformfunctionoperate
2.

(of a machine or system) operate or function in a particular way

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The engine started to behave erratically.
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The software is not behaving as expected.
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functionoperateperformrun