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单词 deign
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
deign /deɪn/USA pronunciation   v. [ ~ + to + verb]
  1. to consider to be fit, proper, or in accordance with one's dignity:She would not deign to visit us.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
deign  (dān),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity;
    condescend:He would not deign to discuss the matter with us.

v.t. 
  1. to condescend to give or grant:He deigned no reply.
  2. [Obs.]to condescend to accept.
  • Latin dignārī to judge worthy, equivalent. to dign(us) worthy + -ārī infinitive suffix
  • Old French deignier
  • Middle English deinen 1250–1300

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
deign /deɪn/ vb
  1. (intransitive) to think it fit or worthy of oneself (to do something); condescend
  2. (transitive) archaic to vouchsafe
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French deignier, from Latin dignārī to consider worthy, from dignus worthy
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