bemean

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bɪˈmiːn/

Definition of bemean

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To mean; signify; inform.
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verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To mean; signify; inform.
  2. To make mean or base, demean.
    “I fished carefully, used wet flies and dry, all that I had in my book, and even bemeaned myself by baiting a plain hook with a grasshopper.”

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Etymology

From Middle English bemenen, equivalent to be- + mean (“to signify”). Compare Middle High German bemeinen (“to mean”).

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