'havior

English Etymology From en enm havour, a corruption of en fro aveir, fro avoir a having, of same origin as en aver a workhorse. The en h is due to confusion with en have. Noun ? en obsolete behaviour; demeanor en 1599 w:William Shakespeare Hamlet Act 1, Scene 2 Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother, / Nor customary suits of solemn black, / Nor windy suspiration of forced breath, / No, nor the fruitful river in the eye, / Nor the dejected 'havior of the visage, / Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief, / That can denote me truly...; en 1897 Julia Ditto Young The Story of Saville Part 6 Her who had made him a pastime, bridging the winter acrossWith a masque, a foolery petty and vain, amusing herself with his loss,—God! it had been but an insult throughout, her ’havior so sisterly free References havior