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bemean

verb
/bɪˈmiːn/

Etymology

From be- + mean (“base, lowly”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of Middle English imene (“average, lowly, mean”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common, average”). More at mean.

  1. derived from ġemǣne — “mean, common, average”
  2. derived from imene — “average, lowly, mean”
  3. derived from mene

Definitions

  1. To mean

    To mean; signify; inform.

  2. To make mean or base, demean.

    • I fished carefully, used wet flies and dry, all that I had in my book, and even bemeaned myself by baiting a plain hook with a grasshopper.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA