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Demean

Demean Meaning & Definition
Demean Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Demean?

[v] reduce in worth, character, etc.; disgrace; dishonour

Synonyms | Synonyms for Demean: degrade | disgrace | put down

Related Terms | Find terms related to Demean: abase | abash | acquit | act | bear | belittle | bring down | bring low | carry | cast down | comport | conduct | contemn | crush | debase | decry | degrade | deport | derogate | despise | detract | diminish | disparage | dump | dump on | go on | humiliate | lower | put down | quit | reduce | scorn | set down | sink | take down | trip up

See Also | abase | chagrin | dehumanise | dehumanize | humble | humiliate | mortify | reduce

Demean In Webster's Dictionary

\De*mean"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demeaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demeaning}.] [OF. demener to conduct, guide, manage, F. se d['e]mener to struggle; pref. d['e]- (L. de) + mener to lead, drive, carry on, conduct, fr. L. minare to drive animals by threatening cries, fr. minari to threaten. See {Menace}.] 1. To manage; to conduct; to treat. [Our] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter. --Milton. 2. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. They have demeaned themselves Like men born to renown by life or death. --Shak. They answered . . . that they should demean themselves according to their instructions. --Clarendon. 3. To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun. Her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter. --Thackeray. Note: This sense is probably due to a false etymology which regarded the word as connected with the adjective mean.
\De*mean"\, n. [OF. demene. See {Demean}, v. t.] 1. Management; treatment. [Obs.] Vile demean and usage bad. --Spenser. 2. Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. [Obs.] With grave demean and solemn vanity. --West.
\De*mean"\, n. [See {Demesne}.] 1. Demesne. [Obs.] 2. pl. Resources; means. [Obs.] You know How narrow our demeans are. --Massinger.

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