deign : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deign	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deign v do something that one considers to be below one's dignity Synonym(s): condescend, deign, descend
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deign \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deign \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.