deign

Các nghĩa

1. hạ cố, chiếu cố

   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. hạ mình, đoái đến

   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.

   For Edvvard vvill defeind the Tovvne, and thee, / And all thoſe friends, that deine to follovv mee.

   My fathers Palace, Madam, vvill be proud / To entertaine your preſence, if youle daine / To make repoſe vvithin.

Dạng khác

• deigns present, singular, third-person
• deigning participle, present
• deigned participle, past

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