demean
- Verb. To debase; to lower; to degrade.
- Verb. To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
- Verb. To mortify.
- Verb. To manage; to conduct; to treat.
- Verb. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
- Noun. (archaic) Management; treatment.
- Noun. (archaic) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
- Noun. demesne.
- Noun. resources; means.
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