deign (redirected from deigning)

deign  (dn)

v. deigned, deign·ing, deigns

v.intr.

To think it appropriate to one's dignity; condescend: wouldn't deign to greet the servant who opened the door. See Synonyms at stoop¹.

v.tr.

To condescend to give or grant; vouchsafe. "Nor would we deign him burial of his men" (Shakespeare).

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[Middle English deinen, from Old French deignier, to regard as worthy, from Latin dignr, from dignus, worthy; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

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deign [deɪn]

vb

1. (intr) to think it fit or worthy of oneself (to do something); condescend he will not deign to speak to us

2. (tr) Archaic to vouchsafe he deigned no reply

[from Old French deignier, from Latin dignārī to consider worthy, from dignus worthy]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

deign - do something that one considers to be below one's dignity condescend, descend act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

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deign

verb condescend, consent, stoop, see fit, think fit, lower yourself, deem it worthy He didn't deign to reply.

Translations

deign [deɪn] VT to deign to do sth → dignarse hacer algo

deign [ˈdeɪn] vi
to deign to do sth → daigner faire qch

deign

vt to deign to do something → geruhen or sich herablassen, etw zu tun; he didn’t deign to → er ließ sich nicht dazu herab

deign [deɪn] vt to deign to do sth → degnarsi di fare qc