Both Uses of
demean
in
The Comedy of Errors
- Now, out of doubt, Antipholus is mad, Else would he never so demean himself: A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats, And for the same he promis'd me a chain; Both one and other he denies me now: The reason that I gather he is mad,— Besides this present instance of his rage,— Is a mad tale he told to-day at dinner, Of his own doors being shut against his entrance.†
Scene 4.3
- She never reprehended him but mildly, When he demean'd himself rough, rude, and wildly.†
Scene 5.1 *
Definition:
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(demean as in: demeaned herself by being petty) reduce social standing or dignity