bemean
Example Sentences
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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
He would bemean himself sufficiently to overlook Frau's caddishness.
From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver
Faith, I wadna sae bemean mysel' to get the king oot o' Whitehall—wha they tell me is no that ill to get, gin yin had the chance—and in muckle the same way as Tam Lindsay.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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
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)
