deign
pronunciation
How to pronounce deign in British English:
UK [deɪn]
How to pronounce deign in American English:
US [den]
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- Verb:
- do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Word Origin
- deign
- deign: see disdain
- deign (v.)
- c. 1300, from Old French deignier (Modern French daigner), from Latin dignari "to deem worthy or fit" (source of Italian degnare, Spanish deñar), from dignus "worthy" (see dignity). Sense of "take or accept graciously" led to that of "condescend" (1580s). Related: Deigned; deigning.
Example
- 1. Capacity spectra method and optimum deign for isolated structures .
- 2. Some who did deign to use the telescope still disbelieved their own eyes .
- 3. He did not deign to listen to our request .
- 4. " Nor would we deign him burial of his men " ( shakespeare )
- 5. Frame deign code for reactor and regenerator in petrochemical enterprises .