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Meanings of demean in English

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To make a person morally inferior.

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        Usage of demean in English
        1
        Civil rights advocates say it has long been used to demean African-Americans.
        Reuters
        2
        I just knew they weren't good; an everyday insult meant to demean.
        The Irish Times
        3
        He would demean Liverpool with every word … every gesture he could.
        The Guardian
        4
        He lied because he would not demean himself to tell the truth.
        The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story
        5
        Thank you for assuming that I would not demean myself with lies.
        The Idiot
        6
        I wouldn't whisper with the king and demean myself as she did.
        The Kingmaker’s Daughter
        7
        I have heard something-I'vea character to support- Imustnot demean myself.
        Rattlin the Reefer
        8
        And why should you so demean yourself to take notice of me?
        Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
        9
        In such a case, under such circumstances, how did Massachusetts demean herself?
        The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
        10
        But what should he ask her, and how demean himself toward her?
        Aikenside
        11
        You could not demean yourself to love a poor girl like me!
        Two Years Ago, Volume I
        12
        By trying to demean the core of Christian belief they merely demean themselves.
        The Irish Times
        13
        The old squire did not demean himself by a single outcry of pain.
        The Day of Wrath
        14
        More importantly, not once in the story does Tucker demean me.
        Assholes finish first
        15
        It doesn't preach or demean, and it never goes for the low-hanging fruit.
        Wired
        16
        I hear this gossip flinty-faced, I don't demean myself to complain.
        The White Princess
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