English Dictionary

deign

/deɪn/

verb

(intransitive) To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity. / (transitive) To condescend to give; to do something. / (obsolete) To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.

She rarely deigns to speak to her subordinates.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.

He didn't even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him.

意味（2）

(transitive) To condescend to give; to do something.

Nor would we deigne him buriall of his men, / Till he diſburſed, at Saint Colmes ynch, / Ten thouſand Dollars, to our generall vſe.

意味（3）

(obsolete) To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.

Go, go, be gone, to ſaue your Ship from wrack, / Which cannot periſh hauing thee aboarde, / Being deſtin’d to a drier death on ſhore : / I muſt goe ſend ſome better Meſſenger, / I fear my Iulia would not daigne my lines, / Receiuing them from ſuch a worthleſſe poſt.