Definitions
Etymologies
- From Middle English bemenen, equivalent to be- + mean (“to signify”). Compare Middle High German bemeinen ("to mean"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Many ports have a capital race-course, which is always circular in shape, enclosing what are generally the grounds of the recreation club, while almost every sporting man trains a pony or two, which he frets and fumes over in a style that would not bemean a Newmarket turf magnate.”
“We belittle ourselves in the sight of God and men, bemean ourselves in the presence of the moral law, and stay more or less our progress in the great educational work of life.”
“Nothing of the kind," cried Lavinia, furious that her mother should think she would so bemean herself.”
“Thomas gives warning because his master has given up reading prayers, and he can't bemean himself by "sayin '` Amen' to a governess.”
Mr. Punch`s history of modern England, Volume I -- 1841-1857
“They could scarcely believe that anyone so beautiful and dainty as Betsy Butterfly would bemean herself by robbing Farmer Green -- or anybody else.”
“I wouldn't bemean myself," countered Horace loftily, and didn't.”
“He would bemean himself sufficiently to overlook Frau's caddishness.”
“To dream that you have a wooden leg, denotes that you will bemean yourself in a false way to your friends.”
What's in a Dream: A Scientific and Practical Interpretation of Dreams
“You and me's in different walks of life, and it's my bounden duty to see as you don't bemean yourself.”
“The most loathsome reptile, rolling in the slush and slime of its stagnant pool, would not bemean itself thus.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bemean’.
-
meaning
bemean, demean, meaningful, meaningless, meant, intermean, misdemeanor, means, cadmean, meanwhile, permeance, idumean and 59 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bemean.
Comments
No comments yet...
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.