Associations to the word «Deign»

Wiktionary

DEIGN, verb. (intransitive) To condescend; to accept as appropriate to one's dignity.
DEIGN, verb. (transitive) To condescend to give; to do something.
DEIGN, verb. (obsolete) To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.

Dictionary definition

DEIGN, verb. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche