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Deign v. t. (past & past part. deigned; pres. part. deigning)

To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; opposed to disdain. (Obs.) "I fear my Julia would not deign my lines."

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."

Deign v. i. To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by an infinitive. "O deign to visit our forsaken seats." "Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet." "Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see." Note: In early English deign was often used impersonally. "Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground."

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... so much as deign to look again at either of us, but as she moved slowly out of sight Miss Minor turned and looked into my face with questioning eyes. What she may have read there I know not, but she sank back upon a bench and burst into a merry peal ...

— My Lady of the North • Randall Parrish

... 'I was about to say that it seemed to me the part of a wise man, and one so renowned in arms, not to deign to answer a fool ...

— The Boy Crusaders - A Story of the Days of Louis IX. • John G. Edgar

... to all Charley's expostulations, and he and Tom speedily found their hands in heavy manacles, which would effectually prevent them from making their escape. Tom did not at first deign even to speak, but now lifting up his manacled hands he exclaimed, "Thank ye, mates, for these pretty gloves; we had intended to put your hands into some like them before the night is over, and just let me advise you, or you'll be caught as ...

— Washed Ashore - The Tower of Stormount Bay • W.H.G. Kingston

... together with a sharp sound upon the stone slabs, and the wise men resumed their perpendicular attitude like the statues placed against the pillars of the tombs. They did not even deign to look at their feet to see if the miracle were being wrought, so sure were they of the power ...

— The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 - The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt • Theophile Gautier

... told you. You must depart instantly, monsieur. You must accomplish loyally the commission with which I deign to charge you, and on that condition I pardon everything, I forget everything; and what is more," and she held out her hand to ...

— The Three Musketeers • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

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