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Definition of deign verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

deign

 verb
verb
NAmE//deɪn//
 
deign to do something (formal) (disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they deign
 
he / she / it deigns
 
past simple deigned
 
-ing form deigning
 
 
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to do something in a way that shows you think you are too important to do it synonym condescend She just grunted, not deigning to look up from the page.
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