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3 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deign v : do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [syn: {condescend}, {descend}]
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