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deign
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deign
(encz) | deign,uráčit se v: Zdeněk Brož |
Deign
(gcide) | Deign \Deign\ (d[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deigned (d[=a]nd);
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.]
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I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. --Shak.
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2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to
vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.
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Nor would we deign him burial of his men. --Shak.
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Deign
(gcide) | Deign \Deign\, v. i.
To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by
an infinitive.
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O deign to visit our forsaken seats. --Pope.
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Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Round turned he, as not deigning
Those craven ranks to see. --Macaulay.
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Note: In early English deign was often used impersonally.
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Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground.
--Chaucer.
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deign
(wn) | deign
v 1: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
[syn: condescend, deign, descend] |
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deign
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deigned
(encz) | deigned,uráčil v: Zdeněk Brož |
Deigned
(gcide) | Deign \Deign\ (d[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deigned (d[=a]nd);
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.]
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I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. --Shak.
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2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to
vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.
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Nor would we deign him burial of his men. --Shak.
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Deigning
(gcide) | Deign \Deign\ (d[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deigned (d[=a]nd);
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.]
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I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. --Shak.
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2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to
vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.
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Nor would we deign him burial of his men. --Shak.
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Deignous
(gcide) | Deignous \Deign"ous\, a. [For disdeignous, OF. desdeignos,
desdaigneus, F. d['e]daigneux. See Disdain.]
Haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Disdeign
(gcide) | Disdeign \Dis*deign"\, v. t.
To disdain. [Obs.]
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Guyon much disdeigned so loathly sight. --Spenser.
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Sdeign
(gcide) | Sdeign \Sdeign\, v. t.
To disdain. [Obs.]
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But either sdeigns with other to partake. --Spenser.
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deign
(wn) | deign
v 1: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
[syn: condescend, deign, descend] |
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