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Definition of Demeaned
1. demean [v] - See also: demean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demeaned
Literary usage of Demeaned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"CHAPTER LXX How Sir Tristram changed his harness and it was all red, and how he
demeaned him, and how Sir Palomides slew Launcelot's horse. ..."
2. Trial of Samuel Chase: An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the by Samuel Chase, Samuel Harrison Smith, Thomas Lloyd, United States Congress Senate (1805)
"We aver that he hath demeaned himself amiss; —partially, unfaithfully, unjustly,
corruptly. This is the sum and substance of our accusation, ..."
3. The Canarian by Pierre Bontier, Jean Le Verrier, Richard Henry Major (1872)
"and what was to be done, and he demeaned himself so well, so graciously, and in
such a pleasant manner, that he found favour with all the people, ..."
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