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deign(dictionary)

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deign verb. ME.
[Old French degnier, deigner, (also mod.) daigner from Latin dignare, -ari deem worthy, from dignus worthy.]
verb intrans. Think it worthy of oneself, see fit, condescend, to do. ME.
H. Belloc Hardly deigning to reply to your timid sentences. D. Abse Lunch-time arrived and still no driver deigned to stop for us.
verb trans. Condescend to give or grant (an answer etc.). Usu. with neg. arch. L16.
M. C. Clarke The spirit stalks away, deigning no reply.
b. Condescend to accept or take. L16-M17.
Shakespeare Anthony & Cleopatra Thy palate then did deign The roughest berry on the rudest hedge.
Treat as worthy of; dignify with. L16-M17.