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▪ I. indign, a. Now only poet.|ɪnˈdaɪn|
Forms: 5–6 indygne, 5–7 indigne, 6 (9) Sc. inding, 6– indign.
[a. F. indigne, ad. L. indignus unworthy, f. in- (in-3) + dignus worthy.]
1. Unworthy; undeserving. Const. of (to, or inf.). arch.
c1450Chaucer's Clerk's T. 303 (Petw.) Indigne [other MSS. vndigne] and vnworþi Am I to þat [honour] þat ȝe me bede. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 417 b/2 A cursyd foole and Indygne hounde that peruertest the myght of god to enchauntementes. c1489― Sonnes of Aymon vi. 152, I, Indygne for to speke. ― Blanchardyn Ded. 1 Unto the right noble puyssaunt & excellent pryncesse,..Moder vnto..henry þ⊇ seuenth..I, wyllyam caxton, his most Indygne humble subgette and lytil seruaunt, presente this lytyl book. 1491― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) ii. 243 b/2 To haue mercy of me poore synnar & Indygne of thy grete myserycordye. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. p. vi, I wes in service with the King;..Clerk of his Comptis, thoucht [= though] I wes inding. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. i. 30 She her selfe was of his grace indigne. 1618Declar. Demeanour Raleigh 25 If by new offences hee should make himselfe indigne of former mercies. 1657W. Morice Coena quasi κοινὴ Def. xvi. 263 No less is every holy Ordinance [polluted] by an indign Partaker. 1678Phillips (ed. 4) List Barbarous Words, Indign, unworthy. 1819W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd (1827) 192 Worthy o' you to say and sing, Albeit I be to write inding. 1898T. Hardy Wessex Poems 132 Such scope is granted not my powers indign.
2. Unworthy of or unbefitting the person or circumstances; unbecoming; fraught with shame or dishonour; disgraceful.
1545Joye Exp. Dan. vi. L vij b, It were the moste indygne and detestable thynge that good lawes shulde bee subjecte and under evill men. 1604Shakes. Oth. i. iii. 274 All indigne, and base aduersities, make head against my Estimation. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus iii. 1 This were an indigne thing, and a great blot in his high place. 1683E. Hooker Pref. Pordage's Mystic Div. 104 note, When thei sai their Ave Maries (so praiing for her, which is most indign and injurious). 1830W. Phillips Mt. Sinai ii. 615 He freely promises; no guerdon mean, Indign, or scant. 1879Trench Poems 38 He..counts it scorn to draw Comfort indign from any meaner thing.
b. Of punishment or suffering: Undeserved.
1747Advent. Kidnapped Orphan 142 The villains who have offered such indign treatment to a worthy youth! 1836Gladstone On an Infant viii, Fruition of the immortal prize, Purchased for thee..By agony indign.
†3. Indignant, resentful. Obs. rare.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 274 Nero, indigne in the fall and losse of so necessary a friend and familiar, took occasion against Peter.
▪ II. † inˈdign, v. Obs.
[a. F. indigner (14th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. indignā-rī to regard as unworthy, to be indignant at, f. indignus unworthy: cf. endeign.]
1. trans. To treat with indignity.
1490Caxton Eneydos xviii. 68 Yarbas, kynge of Gectuses, that I haue so ofte indygned, for to auenge hys Iniuryes, shalle reduce me in-to captyuite.
2. To be indignant at or with; to resent.
1652Gaule Magastrom. 242 Diana, indigning this insolency, raised up a scorpion, that slew him. Ibid. 282 He, indigning to be thus dealt withall, quite deserted Christianity. 1657― Sapient. Justif. 106 He is indigning him in especial, that shall..tax him for it. |