deign /ˈden/
(vi.)屈尊(vt.)賜予
Deign v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deigned p. pr. & vb. n. Deigning.]
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, 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.
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deign
v : do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
[syn: condescend, descend]