Definitions
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Word origin
(1595) From de- + mean (“lowly, base, common”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of imene (“mean, base, common”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”). Compare English bemean.
Used in a sentence
“It was, of course, Mrs. Sedley's opinion that her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter.”
“But now, as our obdurate clergy have with violence demeaned the matter.”
“they have demean'd themselves Like men born to renown by life or death.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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