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Bemean vs Remean - What's the difference?

bemean | remean |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between bemean and remean

is that bemean is (obsolete) to mean; signify; inform while remean is (obsolete) to give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.

As verbs the difference between bemean and remean

is that bemean is (obsolete) to mean; signify; inform or bemean can be to make mean or base, demean while remean is (obsolete) to give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.

bemean

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) bemenen, equivalent to .

Alternative forms

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Verb

  • (obsolete) To mean; signify; inform.

    • Etymology 2

    From . More at mean.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make mean or base, demean.
  • :* {{quote-book, year=1973
    • , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=Alfred Bertram Guthrie , title=Wild Pitch , chapter= citation , genre=Fiction , publisher=G. K. Hall , isbn=9780816161171 , page=85 , passage=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. }}
    Usage notes
    * Wontedly used reflexively, as in "to bemean oneself"
    Synonyms
    * demean

    Anagrams

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    remean

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To give meaning to; to explain the meaning of; to interpret.
    • (Wyclif)
    (Webster 1913)