deign
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)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.
- 2.
(obsolete, transitive)To consider it appropriate or worthy to accept or take (something).
- 3.
(obsolete, transitive)Often followed by of: to consider (someone) as worthy of something; to dignify.
- 4.
(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.
He didn’t even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him.
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ine-pro From Middle English deinen, deynen, from Old French daigner, degnier, deigner, deignier (to condescend, deign) (modern daigner), from Latin dignāre, the present active infinitive of dignō (to deem fitting, suitable, or worthy; to condescend, deign), from dignus (fitting, suitable, worthy; worthy of) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (to perceive; to take)) + -ō.