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单词 deign
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deignv.

Brit. /deɪn/, U.S. /deɪn/
Forms: Middle English–1600s deine, Middle English deyne, dayne, Middle English–1600s daigne, 1500s digne, 1500s–1600s dain(e, deigne, 1600s–1700s daign, 1500s– deign.
Etymology: < Old French degn-ier (3rd singular deigne), later deignier, deigner, from 14th cent. daigner, = Provençal denhar, deinar, Italian degnare < Latin dignāre, by-form of dignārī to deem worthy, think fit, < dignus worthy.
1.
a. intransitive. To think it worthy of oneself (to do something); to think fit, vouchsafe, condescend.
ΚΠ
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 3464 Helman, Þat deined fle for no man.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 196 Uolk..þet onworþeþ þe poure, and ne dayneþ naȝt to speke to ham.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3518 Oure lorde godde..to become man deynyd.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 153 He daigneth not to come.
a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. C4v Would he daine to wed a countrie lasse.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. viii. 39 And all those friends, that deine to follow mee. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 221 Raphael, the sociable Spirit, that deign'd To travel with Tobias. View more context for this quotation
1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother i. i. 349 Hardly daigning To be controll'd by his Imperious Mother.
1879 M. Arnold G. Sand in Mixed Ess. 328 [The] very dog will hardly deign to bark at you.
b. impersonal. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [verb (intransitive)] > deign
deign1297
seema1300
dedeign1423
condescendc1460
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 557 Him ne deinede noȝt to ligge in þe castel by niȝte.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 76 Ham ne daynede naȝt to do zenne.
c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 181 That on her wo ne deyneth him not to thinke.
a1400–50 Alexander 830 Ne here to dwell with þi douce deynes me na langer.
c. reflexive. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
a1525 Ballat Our Lady in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 272 Quhilk deinȝeit him for oure trespass to de.
1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (1890) II. 42 He deinȝeit Him aluterlie to do this in deid.
2. transitive with simple object.
a. To condescend to bestow or grant, to vouchsafe. (Now chiefly with reply, answer, in negative sentences.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > grant or allow to have > graciously or condescendingly
vouchsafea1400
deign1589
vouch1594
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. D Rather..than haue deined her eyes on the face..of so lowe a peasant.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. ii. 60 Nor would we deigne him buriall of his men. View more context for this quotation
1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre iv. ix. §6 I will not here daigne a recapitulation of the same.
1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect Ded. Note sig. A2 I am confident you will daigne it your protection.
1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay iii. xviii A willing ear she well might deign.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters iii. 71 The spirit stalks away, deigning no reply.
b. To condescend or vouchsafe to accept; to take or accept graciously. (The opposite of to disdain.) Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > accept > graciously
deign1576
deign1589
vouchsafe1589
1576 A. Fleming tr. Lentulus in Panoplie Epist. 50 Those..who did not receive and intertaine my father..nor yet digned other Gentlemen of much worthinesse.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Jan. 63 Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reproue.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iv. 63 Thy pallat then did daine The roughest Berry, on the rudest Hedge. View more context for this quotation
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 255 The Lord dained him.
1661 G. E. in E. Hickeringill Jamaica (ed. 2) To E. Hickeringill sig. A7v This Welcome-home..Thou wilt accept..from me: And deign it to attend thy smoother Line.
c. In same sense with of. (Cf. to accept of.) Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > acquisition > receiving > receive [verb (transitive)] > accept > graciously
deign1576
deign1589
vouchsafe1589
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F Which if you shall vouch to deigne of, I shall be..glad of such accepted seruice.
3. To treat (a person) as worthy of, to dignify (him) with. [= Latin dignārī.] Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > give honour to [verb (transitive)]
wortheOE
i-worthOE
menskc1225
athelec1275
aworthyc1275
honoura1325
furtherc1374
honesta1382
worship1389
gloryc1400
dignifya1530
worthy1532
endue1565
enhonour1571
to do (a person or thing) the honour?1572
deign1579
honorify1606
famous1622
blazon1815
to do a person proud1819
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. cxxxii. 341 a [They] had lyen vnburied, had not their most deadly enimie dained them of a graue.
1591 in D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. (1717) ii. 223 Will ye not daigne his Majesty with an Answer?
1648 E. Boughen Mr. Gerees Case of Conscience 76 He daines them with this honour.
4. Short for dedain, disdain n.: see dain v.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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