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deign
deign D0022500 (dān)v. deigned, deign·ing, deigns v.intr. To do something that one considers beneath one's dignity; condescend: wouldn't deign to greet the servant who opened the door. See Synonyms at stoop1.v.tr. To condescend to give or grant; vouchsafe: "Nor would we deign him burial of his men" (Shakespeare).
[Middle English deinen, from Old French deignier, to regard as worthy, from Latin dignārī, from dignus, worthy; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]deign (deɪn) vb1. (intr) to think it fit or worthy of oneself (to do something); condescend: he will not deign to speak to us. 2. (tr) archaic to vouchsafe: he deigned no reply. [C13: from Old French deignier, from Latin dignārī to consider worthy, from dignus worthy]deign (deɪn)
v.i. 1. to think fit with one's dignity; condescend: would not deign to visit us. v.t. 2. to condescend to give or grant: deigned no reply. [1250–1300; < Old French deignier < Latin dignārī to judge worthy] deign
Past participle: deigned
Gerund: deigning
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| I deign | | you deign | | he/she/it deigns | | we deign | | you deign | | they deign |
| Preterite |
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| I deigned | | you deigned | | he/she/it deigned | | we deigned | | you deigned | | they deigned |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am deigning | | you are deigning | | he/she/it is deigning | | we are deigning | | you are deigning | | they are deigning |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have deigned | | you have deigned | | he/she/it has deigned | | we have deigned | | you have deigned | | they have deigned |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was deigning | | you were deigning | | he/she/it was deigning | | we were deigning | | you were deigning | | they were deigning |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had deigned | | you had deigned | | he/she/it had deigned | | we had deigned | | you had deigned | | they had deigned |
| Future |
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| I will deign | | you will deign | | he/she/it will deign | | we will deign | | you will deign | | they will deign |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have deigned | | you will have deigned | | he/she/it will have deigned | | we will have deigned | | you will have deigned | | they will have deigned |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be deigning | | you will be deigning | | he/she/it will be deigning | | we will be deigning | | you will be deigning | | they will be deigning |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been deigning | | you have been deigning | | he/she/it has been deigning | | we have been deigning | | you have been deigning | | they have been deigning |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been deigning | | you will have been deigning | | he/she/it will have been deigning | | we will have been deigning | | you will have been deigning | | they will have been deigning |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been deigning | | you had been deigning | | he/she/it had been deigning | | we had been deigning | | you had been deigning | | they had been deigning |
| Conditional |
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| I would deign | | you would deign | | he/she/it would deign | | we would deign | | you would deign | | they would deign |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have deigned | | you would have deigned | | he/she/it would have deigned | | we would have deigned | | you would have deigned | | they would have deigned |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | deign - do something that one considers to be below one's dignitycondescend, descendact, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
deignverb condescend, consent, stoop, see fit, think fit, lower yourself, deem it worthy He didn't deign to reply.deignverbTo descend to a level considered inappropriate to one's dignity:condescend, stoop, vouchsafe.Translationsdeign
deign to (do something)To condescend to do something; to do something that one considers below one's status. Now that Billy's famous, I doubt he'll deign to call his own mother.See also: deigndeign to do somethingto lower oneself to do something. She will never deign to join in with us. I expect that he will not deign to have dinner with us.See also: deigndeign
Related to deign: yearnSynonyms for deignverb condescendSynonyms- condescend
- consent
- stoop
- see fit
- think fit
- lower yourself
- deem it worthy
Synonyms for deignverb to descend to a level considered inappropriate to one's dignitySynonymsSynonyms for deignverb do something that one considers to be below one's dignitySynonymsRelated Words |