deigned
Use Deigned in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity; condescend: He would not deign to discuss the matter with us.
verb (used with object)
2.
to condescend to give or grant: He deigned no reply.
3.
Obsolete. to condescend to accept.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English deinen < Old French deignier < Latin dignārī to judge worthy, equivalent to dign(us) worthy + -ārī infinitive suffix
1250–1300; Middle English deinen < Old French deignier < Latin dignārī to judge worthy, equivalent to dign(us) worthy + -ārī infinitive suffix
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| —vb | |
| 1. | (intr) to think it fit or worthy of oneself (to do something); condescend: he will not deign to speak to us |
| 2. | archaic (tr) to vouchsafe: he deigned no reply |
| [C13: from Old French deignier, from Latin dignārī to consider worthy, from dignus worthy] | |
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Word Origin & History
deign
c.1300, from O.Fr. deignier, from L. dignari "to deem worthy or fit," from dignus "worthy" (see dignity). Sense of "take or accept graciously" led to that of "condescend" (1589).
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Worse yet, he has deigned to propose conditions for his possible candidacy.
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