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English Dictionary: demean	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for demean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demean v reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "She tends to put down younger women colleagues"; "His critics took him down after the lecture" Synonym(s): take down, degrade, disgrace, demean, put down
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demean \Demean"\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demean \De*mean"\, n. [See {Demesne}.] 1. Demesne. [Obs.] 2. pl. Resources; means. [Obs.] You know How narrow our demeans are. --Massinger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demean \Demean"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demeaned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demeaning}.] [OF. demener to conduct, guide, manage, F. se d[82]mener to struggle; pref. d[82]- (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.