V. be humble &c adj.; deign, vouchsafe, condescend; humble oneself, demean oneself; stoop, stoop to conquer; carry coals; submit &c 725; submit with a good grace &c (brook) 826; yield the palm.

o' the Duchya very proud familyand didn't mean to dip the knee to nobody, and all the less because she'd demeaned hersel', to start with, by wedding a tailor.

He could not interpose to demean his ancient lineage by consenting to this unpatrician alliance; he would not accept the alternative for his only sonthe last of the Giustiniani!

If the Master be a fit man for his office, methinks he will sometimes sit down sociably among them; for there is an elbow-chair by the fireside which it would not demean his dignity to fill, since it was occupied by King James at the great festival of nearly three centuries ago.

I dragged him away several times, and told him he would certainly be taken for a country booby, and scolded him for demeaning his rank with such ignoble pleasures, and what wise answer do you think he made me?" "A very excellent one, I have no doubt.

'Tis a pragmatic duty to follow my words and understand them and demean thyself accordingly.

I've used a pick-handle on occasion and a gun when I've had to, but speaking generally it seems to me to demean a white man to use weapons in a row like that, and I find that most fellows who have walked the earth much agree with me.