- deign⇄deign, intransitive verb.
to think fit; condescend.
Ex. So great a man would never deign to quarrel with such trifling critics.
(SYN) stoop. - deign⇄v.t. 1. to condescend to give (an answer, a reply, or other acknowledgment).
Ex. She did not deign even a nod to show that she had heard.
(SYN) vouchsafe.
2. (Obsolete.) to condescend to accept.
Ex. I fear my Julia would not dei