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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demean \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
demeaning
adj : causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a humbling
game" [syn: {humbling}, {humiliating}, {mortifying}]
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