Crossword clues for deigned
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain. [Obs.]
I fear my Julia would not deign my lines.
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To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.
Nor would we deign him burial of his men.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: deign)
Usage examples of "deigned".
Clusters of dried herbs hung from the ceiling, and all among them were clumps of old boots, shriveled skins, battered pans, scrap-iron, sheep-skins, useless touloupes, and on the floor musty old clothes, moth-eaten furs, and sheep-skin coats that even a moujik of the swamps would not have deigned to wear.
He deigned then to recall that he had been invited that same day to dine with the Gounsovskis.
Yet his voice was controlled to its usual regal pitch when he deigned to give answer.