condescend, deign, descend
(verb) do something that one considers to be below one’s dignity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deign (third-person singular simple present deigns, present participle deigning, simple past and past participle deigned)
(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.
• Edgin, digne, dinge, gnide, nidge
Source: Wiktionary
Deign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Deigning.] Etym: [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.] 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.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
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