English-Thai Dictionary

deign

VI ถ่อมตัว ลงมา  ลดตัวลงมา  ยอม ลดเกียรติ  ศักดิ์ศรี ลงมา  condescend vouchsafe stoop tom-tua-long-ma

 

deign

VT ถ่อมตัว ลงมา  ลดตัวลงมา  ยอม ลดเกียรติ  ศักดิ์ศรี ลงมา  condescend vouchsafe stoop tom-tua-long-ma

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEIGN

v.i.Dane. To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend. O deign to visit our foraken seats.

 

DEIGN

v.t.dane. To grant or allow; to condescend to give to. Nor would we deign him burial of his men.

 

DEIGNING

ppr. Daning. Vouchsafing; thinking worthy.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEIGN

Deign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Deigning. ] Etym: [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. ] I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. Shak.

 

2. 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.

 

DEIGN

DEIGN Deign, v. i.

 

Defn: To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; -- followed by an infinitive. O deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope. Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. Sir W. Scott. Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. Macaulay.

 

Note: In early English deign was often used impersonally. Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground. Chaucer.

 

DEIGNOUS

Deign "ous, a. Etym: [For disdeignous, OF. desdeignos, desdaigneus, F.dédaigneux. See Disdain. ]

 

Defn: Haughty; disdainful. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deign

deign |dān deɪn | ▶verb [ no obj. ] do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity: she did not deign to answer the maid's question. • [ with obj. ] archaic condescend to give (something ): he had deigned an apology. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French degnier, from Latin dignare, dignari ‘deem worthy, ’ from dignus ‘worthy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

deign

deign |deɪn | ▶verb [ no obj., with infinitive ] do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity: she did not deign to answer the maid's question. • [ with obj. ] archaic condescend to give (something ): he had deigned an apology. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French degnier, from Latin dignare, dignari ‘deem worthy ’, from dignus ‘worthy ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

deign

deign verb he'll never deign to return to his father's house: condescend, stoop, lower oneself, demean oneself, humble oneself; consent, vouchsafe; informal come down from one's high horse.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

deign

deign verb I'm not going to hang around here waiting until you deign to come back to me: condescend, stoop, lower oneself, descend, think fit, see fit, deem it worthy of oneself, consent, vouchsafe; demean oneself, humble oneself; informal come down from one's high horse.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

deign

deign /deɪn /動詞 自動詞 ｟かたく ｠〖～ to do 〗もったいなくも …してくださる ; 〖通例否定文で 〗身を下して [恥を忍んで, 恩にきせて ]…する (condescend )▸ The king deigned to grant an audience .かたじけなくも国王は拝謁を許された ▸ I do not deign to reply to such impertinence .そういう生意気者には返事をお断りする 他動詞 〖主に否定文で 〗(へりくだって )…を与える, …してくださる ▸ He went away, deigning no answer .彼は返事もしてくれないで立ち去った .