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<hw>Deme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.</def>

<i>Jowett (Thucyd).</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.</def>

<h1>Demean</h1> <Xpage=387>

<hw>De*mean"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Demeaned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Demeaning</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>demener</ets> to conduct, guide, manage, F. <ets>se d\'82mener</ets> to struggle<?/ pref. <ets>d\'82-</ets> (L. <ets>de</ets>) + <ets>mener</ets> to lead, drive, carry on, conduct, fr. L. <ets>minare</ets> to drive animals by threatening cries, fr. <ets>minari</ets> to threaten. See <er>Menace</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To manage; to conduct; to treat.</def>

<blockquote> clergy have with violence <b>demeaned</b> the matter. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.</def>

<blockquote>They have <b>demeaned</b> themselves Like men born to renown by life or death. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They answered . . . that they should <b>demean</b> themselves according to their instructions. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.</def>

<blockquote>Her son would <b>demean</b> himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; This sense is probably due to a false etymology which regarded the word as connected with the adjective <i>mean</i>.</note>

<h1>Demean</h1> <Xpage=388>

<hw>De*mean"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>demene</ets>. See <er>Demean</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Management; treatment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Vile <b>demean</b> and usage bad. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>With grave <b>demean</b> and solemn vanity. <i>West.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>De*mean"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Demesne</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Demesne.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Resources; means.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>You know How narrow our <b>demeans</b> are. <i>Massinger.</i></blockquote>

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