demean.
To debase; to lower; to degrade.
Meaning & usage
To debase; to lower; to degrade.
To humble; to humiliate.
To mortify.
Where this word comes from
(1595) From de- + mean (“lowly, base, common”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of imene (“mean, base, common”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”). Compare English bemean.
To manage; to conduct; to treat.
To conduct; to behave; to comport; followed by the reflexive pronoun.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin mināre, from minārī (“to threaten”).
Management; treatment.
Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English demenen, demeinen, from Anglo-Norman demener, from Old French demener, from de- + mener (“to conduct, lead”), from Latin mināre, from minārī (“to threaten”).
demesne.
resources; means.
Where this word comes from
Variant of demesne.
To subtract the mean from (a value, or every observation in a data set).
Where this word comes from
de- + mean
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