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Definitions for: Deign [v] do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Webster (1913) Definition: Deign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deigned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deigning.] [OE. deinen, deignen, OF. degner, deigner,
daigner, F. daigner, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy, deign,
fr. dignus worthy; akin to decere to be fitting. See
Decent, and cf. Dainty, Dignity, Condign, Disdain.]
1. To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to
disdain. [Obs.]
I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. --Shak.
2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to
vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.
Nor would we deign him burial of his men. --Shak.
Deign, v. i.
To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by
an infinitive.
O deign to visit our forsaken seats. --Pope.
Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. --Sir W.
Scott.
Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to
see. --Macaulay.
Note: In early English deign was often used impersonally.
Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground.
--Chaucer.
Synonyms: condescend, descend
See Also: act, move
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