deign

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /deɪn/

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• Homophone: Dane

Verb

Plain form deign

Third-person singular deigns

Past tense deigned

Past participle deigned

Present participle deigning

1. If you deign to do something, you do something that you feel is beneath your worth or status.

   A master does not deign to apologize to his slave.