bemean
Example Sentences
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To dream that you have a wooden leg, denotes that you will bemean yourself in a false way to your friends.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Miller, Gustavus Hindman
Surely we need no further bemean and befoul ourselves!
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
They could scarcely believe that anyone so beautiful and dainty as Betsy Butterfly would bemean herself by robbing Farmer Green—or anybody else.
From The Tale of Betsy Butterfly Tuck-Me-In Tales by Bailey, Arthur Scott
He was fighting for his life, and no eye could bemean that effort.
From The Strength of the Pines by Marshall, Edison
If I wanted to bemean myself, could n't I cast up somethin' you would n't like to be minded of?
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
