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Definition of Deign

Deign
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.
Deign
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.

Meaning of Deign from wikipedia

- Tuscany 78 / 87 Motto: Dabis discernere inter malum et bonum ("You shall deign to distinguish between good and evil") Subject of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany...
- alarm and dissension at court. On New Year's Day 1772, Marie Antoinette deigned to speak to Jeanne; her remark, "There are many people at Versailles today"...
- again demonstrates to Saul that, despite ample opportunity, he did not deign to harm him. Saul, despite having already reconciled with David, confesses...
- Eiusque rei ergo macte suovitaurilibus inmolandis esto. "To this intent deign to accept the offering of these victims." If favourable omens as a response...
- reactionary aspect of teen ****uality, slaughtering wholesale those youth who deigned to cross the threshold of ****ual awareness." Commenting on the film's violence...
- consumed by a desire to know what was his position in the other world. God deigned to comfort me. About a month after his death, during a very restless night...
- foghorn, pigheaded. The digraph ⟨gn⟩ may represent: /n/ as in gnostic, deign, foreigner, signage /nj/ in loanwords like champignon, lasagna Non-digraph...
- Utility Dive. Archived from the original on 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2019-01-05. Deign, Jason (March 30, 2018). "Renewables or Nuclear? A New Front in the Academic...
- would infuriate record collectors and rock critics who would normally never deign to acknowledge 'my work' by covering their most treasured objects into adverti****ts...
- prepare", written by Fred Pratt Green in 1973, and in "Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest" ('We meet, as in that upper room they met...'), written...