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6 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
origin(1595) From de- + mean (“lowly, base, common”), from Middle English mene, aphetic variation of imene (“mean, base, common”), from Old English ġemǣne (“mean, common”). Compare English bemean.
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