bemean
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"I wouldn't bemean myself," countered Horace loftily, and didn't.
From Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life by Percival Christopher Wren
“Which you’d best fetch this gentleman a light, Master Antony,” said cook; “for I ain’t going to bemean myself.”
From The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn
“I shouldn’t bemean myself to speak to her, if I was you, Joseph,” said his wife.
From A Little World by George Manville Fenn
He would bemean himself sufficiently to overlook Frau's caddishness.
From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Stuart Oliver Henry
"Nothing of the kind," cried Lavinia, furious that her mother should think she would so bemean herself.
From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Charles Edward Pearce
She bemeaned him until at last I asked her why she didn't leave him, and added that I would not stand such crankiness for one moment.
From Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart
"When missus bemeaned herself to shout out at me as if I'd been a sarpint," cried Clo, viciously.
From A Noble Woman by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
When you are reviled, bemeaned and slandered, and are tempted to retort, He says to you, “Put up thy sword into the sheath.”
From When the Holy Ghost is Come by Col. S. L. Brengle
To Chagford’s amazement he so far bemeaned himself as to offer the sextoness his hand, and she accepted it.
From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts
M. le Comte de Cambray would think himself bemeaned were he to parley with a traitor.
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
Bessie, and two trimly dressed maidens of riper years, waited upon the guests, nor thought the occupation bemeaning.
From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
We are daily trying to eliminate all that is animal, all that is gross and bemeaning in us, even to the extent of reducing the flavors of our foods to the lowest tolerable point.
From The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life by Homer Eon Flint
