demean

  1. Verb.  To debase; to lower; to degrade.
  2. Verb.  To humble, humble oneself; to humiliate.
  3. Verb.  To mortify.
  4. Verb.  To manage; to conduct; to treat.
  5. Verb.  To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.
  6. Noun.  (archaic) Management; treatment.
  7. Noun.  (archaic) Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
  8. Noun.  demesne.
  9. Noun.  resources; means.

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