BEMEAN
Etymology 1
Verb
bemean (third-person singular simple present bemeans, present participle bemeaning, simple past and past participle bemeant)
(transitive, obsolete) To mean; signify; inform.
Etymology 2
Verb
bemean (third-person singular simple present bemeans, present participle bemeaning, simple past and past participle bemeaned)
To make mean or base, demean.
Usage notes
• Usually used reflexively, as in "to bemean oneself".
Synonyms
• demean
Anagrams
• Beeman, Mebane, bename
Source: Wiktionary
Be*mean", v. t.
Definition: To make mean; to lower. C. Reade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition