Deign

Quick meaning: Deign is a verb meaning To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.

Meaning

To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.

More Meanings

1. To consider it appropriate or worthy to accept or take (something).
2. Often followed by of: to consider (someone) as worthy of something; to dignify.
3. (intransitive) To consider it appropriate or worthy to do something, often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to think fit, to vouchsafe.

Example Sentences

Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reprove / And of my rurall muſick holdeth ſcorne.

Nor vvould vve deigne him buriall of his men, / Till he diſburſed, at Saint Colmes ynch, / Ten thouſand Dollars, to our generall vſe.

And sure a willing ear she well might deign / To one whose tales may equally engage / The wondering mind of youth, the thoughtful heart of age.

He, who usually hardly deigned a glance at his infants, now lay gazing with inexpressible softness and sadness at the little sleeping face; […]

Word Forms

• deigns
• deigning
• deigned
• deignest
• deignedst
• deigneth

Synonyms for deign

Depending on context, synonyms include condescend, descend.

Antonyms for deign

Common opposites include disdain.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include condescend, descend, highness, stoop, condenscend, sdeign.

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