deign

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /deɪn/    美 /deɪn/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe. transitive
    — Nor vvould vve deigne him buriall of his men, / Till he diſburſed, at Saint Colmes ynch, / Ten thouſand Dollars, to our generall vſe.
  2. To consider it appropriate or worthy to accept or take (something). obsolete,transitive
    — Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reprove / And of my rurall muſick holdeth ſcorne.
  3. Often followed by of: to consider (someone) as worthy of something; to dignify. obsolete,transitive
    — VVill you not daigne his Majeſty vvith an Anſvver?
  4. To consider it appropriate or worthy to do something, often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to think fit, to vouchsafe. intransitive
    — He didn’t even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him.

词形变化

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词汇关系

衍生词
dedeign
相关词
deem dignity spare suffer

词源

From Middle English deinen, deynen (“to consider (something) suitable to one’s dignity or worth, condescend; to appear worthy; to condescend to grant (something), permit, vouchsafe; to regard (someone) as worthy; to consecrate, dedicate (something)”), from Old French daigner, degnier, deigner, deignier (“to condescend, deign”) (modern French daigner), from Latin dignāre, the present active infinitive of dignō (“to deem fitting, suitable, or worthy; to condescend, deign”), from dignus (“fitting, suitable, worthy; worthy of”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to perceive; to take”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).
cognates
* Italian degnare
* Occitan deinar, denhar
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