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bemean

[ bih-meen ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, Archaic.

, be·meaned, be·mean·ing.

bemean

/ bɪˈmiːn /

Origin of bemean¹

First recorded in 1645–55; be- + mean ²

"Nothing of the kind," cried Lavinia, furious that her mother should think she would so bemean herself.

I cannot make out why my family always try to bemean what affects me!

One regrets, in reading them, that genius could so bemean itself.

The most loathsome reptile, rolling in the slush and slime of its stagnant pool, would not bemean itself thus.

He was fighting for his life, and no eye could bemean that effort.

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