Definition of Deigned

1. Verb. (past of deign) ¹

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Definition of Deigned

1. deign [v] - See also: deign

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deigned

deifer
deifest
deific
deifical
deification
deifications
deified
deifier
deifiers
deifies
deiform
deiformity
deify
deifying
deign
deigned (current term)
deigneth
deigning
deignous
deigns
deiist
deil
deils
deiminase
deiminases
deiminated
deimination
deiminations
dein
deindex

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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