01 v. t. To manage; to conduct; to treat.
imp. & p. p.
Demeaned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Demeaning
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1.
To manage; to conduct; to treat.“[Our] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter.” — Milton.
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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.
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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.