'Deign' definitions:
Definition of 'deign'
From: WordNet
verb
Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [syn: condescend, deign, descend]
Definition of 'Deign'
From: GCIDE
- Deign \Deign\ (d[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deigned (d[=a]nd); 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.] [1913 Webster]
- I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant. [1913 Webster]
- Nor would we deign him burial of his men. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Deign'
From: GCIDE
- Deign \Deign\, v. i. To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by an infinitive. [1913 Webster]
- O deign to visit our forsaken seats. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In early English deign was often used impersonally. [1913 Webster]
- Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deign'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accede to,
- accept,
- accord to,
- agree,
- agree to,
- approve,
- approve of,
- assent,
- be willing,
- concede,
- condescend,
- connive at,
- consent,
- consent to silently,
- descend,
- endorse,
- give consent,
- go along with,
- grant,
- have no objection,
- hold with,
- lower oneself,
- nod,
- nod assent,
- not refuse,
- OK,
- okay,
- permit,
- ratify,
- sanction,
- say aye,
- say yes,
- stoop,
- take kindly to,
- vote affirmatively,
- vote aye,
- vouchsafe,
- wink at,
- yield,
- yield assent