Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-MEAN'
DE-MEAN', v.t.1 [Fr. demener; Norm. demesner, demener, to lead, to manage, to govern, to stir; It. menare; Sp. menear.]
- To behave; to carry; to conduct; with the reciprocal pronoun; as, it is our duty to demean ourselves with humility.
- To treat. – Spenser.
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