Vocabulary Word
Word: demean
Definition: disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave
Definition: disgrace; humiliate; debase in dignity; behave
Sentences Containing 'demean'
I admit that I am a spy, and that it is considered a discreditable station though it must be filled by somebody; but this gentleman is no spy, and why should he so demean himself as to make himself one?''
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