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demean
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demean as in:  demeaned herself by being petty

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    How could he demean himself so?†  (source)
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    —My mind, however, is now made up on the subject, for having received ordination at Easter, I have been so fortunate as to be distinguished by the patronage of the Right honorable Lady Catherine de Bourgh, widow of Sir Lewis de Bourgh, whose bounty and beneficence has preferred me to the valuable rectory of this parish, where it shall be my earnest endeavor to demean myself with grateful respect towards her ladyship, and be ever ready to perform those rites and ceremonies which are instituted by the Church of England.†  (source)
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    To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha...which is to demean oneself.†  (source)
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    To demean him personally would be to demean all other officers of equal or lesser rank.†  (source)
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    She must hate me for subjecting her to something so demeaning.†  (source)
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    There was another kind of magic which made me feel special, to look at my Indian-descended mother and uncle and believe in the power of civilizations long since written off, long since demeaned and trampled.†  (source)
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    This does not glorify God, it demeans God!†  (source)
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    Though a brother, he considered himself as my master, and me as his apprentice, and accordingly, expected the same services from me as he would from another, while I thought he demean'd me too much in some he requir'd of me, who from a brother expected more indulgence.†  (source)
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    He is suspicious of my doings with women, although he will not demean himself by saying so.†  (source)
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    It was demeaning, one of Spencer's boys writing a letter on him.†  (source)
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    Throughout men's history, money was always seized by looters of one brand or another, whose names changed, but whose method remained the same: to seize wealth by force and to keep the producers bound, demeaned, defamed, deprived of honor.†  (source)
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    With this ecstasy, Which brings me near and nearer to the Gods, Thou gav'st the comrade, whom I now no more Can do without, though, cold and scornful, he Demeans me to myself, and with a breath, A word, transforms thy gifts to nothingness.†  (source)
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    She never reprehended him but mildly, When he demean'd himself rough, rude, and wildly.†  (source)
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