Thesaurus: demean

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1. v. t. To manage; to conduct; to treat.
2. v. t. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
3. v. t. To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
4. v. t. Management; treatment.
5. v. t. Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
6. n. Demesne.
7. n. Resources; means.
8. v. reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
9. 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. 1. Management; treatment. [Obs.] Vile demean and usage bad. Spenser. 2. Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. [Obs.] With grave demean and solemn vanity. West. 1. Demesne. [Obs.] 2. pl. Resources; means. [Obs.] You know How narrow our demeans are. Massinger.
10. Resources; means. [Obs.]You know How narrow our demeans are. Massinger.
11. v:100 v reduce in worth or character, usually verbally