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語源 1

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

別の表記

• bemene

動詞

bemean (三人称単数 現在形 bemeans, 現在分詞 bemeaning, 過去形および過去分詞形 bemeant)

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

語源 2

From be- +‎ mean (“base, lowly”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of Middle English imene (“average, lowly, mean”), from 古期英語 ġemǣne (“mean, common, average”). More at mean.

動詞

bemean (三人称単数 現在形 bemeans, 現在分詞 bemeaning, 過去形および過去分詞形 bemeaned)

1. To make mean or base, demean.
   • 1973, Alfred Bertram Guthrie, Wild Pitch‎^[1] (Fiction), G. K. Hall, →ISBN, page 85:

     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.

使用する際の注意点

• Usually used reflexively, as in "to bemean oneself".

同意語

• demean

アナグラム

• Beeman, Mebane, bename