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condign (iou)



condign adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French condigne from Latin condignus wholly worthy, formed as CON- + dignus worthy.]
1. Equal in worth or dignity (to). LME-M19.
S. Dobell Rank after mingling rank..but each condign.
2. Of a person or thing: worthy, deserving. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
H. Bradshaw As most condigne to beare the principalitie.
3. Worthily deserved, merited, appropriate; adequate. obsolete in gen. sense. LME.
Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost Speak you this in my praise?..In thy condign praise.
b. spec. Of punishment, retribution, etc.: appropriate to the crime, well-deserved and severe. E16.
Bosworth Smith To wreak condign vengeance on the common oppressor. Times Punishment for perjury had to be condign and commensurate with the gravity of the offence.
condignly adverb LME.
condignness [-n-n-] noun L16.