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Definition of Deigned
1. deign [v] - See also: deign
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deigned
Literary usage of Deigned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"... beside him stands Truth, holding in notice that he deigned to take of the pro-
gown, with the ' Essay on Truth ' under his. / book of the ' Minstrel,' ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"She never deigned the very faintest recognition of what he said. She neither
smiled when he was witty, nor looked shocked at his levities. ..."
3. The Life of John Jay: With Selections from His Correspondence and by William Jay (1833)
"With many acknowledgments for the attentions with which you have deigned to honour
my undertaking, and the encouraging tone with which you were pleased to ..."
4. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"But we can only record our facts, and wish in vain that our immortal guide had
deigned to report the speeches of ..."
5. A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad (1912)
"would have never deigned as much as the contemptuous smile of unbelief. There are
imaginings too unlikely for any kind of notice, too wild for indulgence ..."
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