Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deign"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Deign \Deign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deigned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Deigning}.] [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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Deign \Deign\, v. i.
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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

deign
v : do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
[syn: {condescend}, {descend}]

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