bemean

Example Sentences

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You and me's in different walks of life, and it's my bounden duty to see as you don't bemean yourself.

From The Ffolliots of Redmarley by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)

“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 Fenn, George Manville

Why," said she, "I would not bemean myself to open the door to such.

From The Original Fables of La Fontaine Rendered into English Prose by Fredk. Colin Tilney by Tilney, Frederick Colin

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

“I shouldn’t bemean myself to speak to her, if I was you, Joseph,” said his wife.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville