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==Etymology==
− It is formed from [[be-]], thoroughly, and [[have]] in the sense to have or bear oneself in a certain way,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021) corresponding to German sich behaben and French se tenir.^(Cresswell 2021)^(NODE 1998) Old English behabban, to contain, is only coincidentally similar: there is no direct link with the 15th-century word.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
+ It is formed from [[be-]], thoroughly, and [[have]] in the sense to have or bear oneself in a certain way,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021) corresponding to German sich behaben and French se tenir.^(Cresswell 2021)^(NODE 1998) [[ang|behabban]], to contain, is only coincidentally similar: there is no direct link with the 15th-century word.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==