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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Deign

/(dān)/ · IPA /deɪn/
01 v. t. To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain.
imp. & p. p. Deigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Deigning
  1. 1.
    To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain.[Obs.]
    “I fear my Julia would not deign my lines.” — Shak.
  2. 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.
02 v. i. To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; -- followed by an infinitive.
  1. 1.
    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.
    “Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground.” — Chaucer.