[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

demean \demean"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. demeaned; p. pr.  vb.
   n. demeaning. of. demener to conduct, guide, manage, f.
   se d'emener 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.
      1913 webster

            our clergy have with violence demeaned the matter.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the
      reflexive pronoun.
      1913 webster

            they have demeaned themselves
            like men born to renown by life or death. --shak.
      1913 webster

            they answered . . . that they should demean
            themselves according to their instructions.
                                                  --clarendon.
      1913 webster

   3. to debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the
      reflexive pronoun.
      1913 webster

            her son would demean himself by a marriage with an
            artist's daughter.                    --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   note: this sense is probably due to a false etymology which
         regarded the word as connected with the adjective mean.
         1913 webster
see also:
demeaned demeaning menace 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

demean \demean"\, n. of. demene. see demean, v. t.
   1. management; treatment. obs.
      1913 webster

            vile demean and usage bad.            --spenser.
      1913 webster

   2. behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. obs.
      1913 webster

            with grave demean and solemn vanity.  --west.
      1913 webster
see also:
demean 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

demean \demean"\, n. see demesne.
   1. demesne. obs.
      1913 webster

   2. pl. resources; means. obs.
      1913 webster

            you know
            how narrow our demeans are.           --massinger.
      1913 webster
see also:
demesne 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

demean
     v : reduce in worth or character, usually verbally; "she tends
         to put down younger women colleagues"; "his critics took
         him down after the lecture" syn: take down, degrade,
          disgrace, put down
see also:
take down degrade disgrace put down 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 moby thesaurus words for "demean":
   abase, abash, acquit, act, bear, belittle, bring down, bring low,
   carry, cast down, comport, conduct, contemn, crush, debase, decry,
   degrade, deport, derogate, despise, detract, diminish, disparage,
   dump, dump on, go on, humiliate, lower, put down, quit, reduce,
   scorn, set down, sink, take down, trip up

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