Found 3 items, similar to deign.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: deign berkenan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: deign deign v : do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [syn: condescend, descend]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Deign 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.] 1. To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant. [1913 Webster] Nor would we deign him burial of his men. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Deign \Deign\, v. i. To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by an infinitive. [1913 Webster] O deign to visit our forsaken seats. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Note: In early English deign was often used impersonally. [1913 Webster] Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]