About The Word Deign
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Deign
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What's The Definition Of Deign?
[v] do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Synonyms | Synonyms for Deign: condescend | descend Related Terms | Find terms related to Deign: accede to | accept | accord to | agree | agree to | approve | approve of | assent | be willing | concede | condescend | connive at | consent | consent to silently | descend | endorse | give consent | go along with | grant | have no objection | hold with | lower oneself | nod | nod assent | not refuse | OK | okay | permit | ratify | sanction | say aye | say yes | stoop | take kindly to | vote affirmatively | vote aye | vouchsafe | wink at | yield | yield assent Deign In Webster's Dictionary \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. |
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