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# deign

verb (deigns, deigned, deigning)

«deign» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To deign is to agree to do something that you think is beneath your dignity; a grand person may deign to do a small thing (old use). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deign/#m1)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales a king or lord will deign to speak to a poor person; «Will you deign to buy it?» asks politely whether someone will kindly do it

### Examples

- Will the queen deign to visit our school? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deign/#x1)
- He would not deign to answer such a silly question. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deign/#x2)
- Deign to follow me, and you shall have a room. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deign/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «deign» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deign/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deign» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/deign.html) on Mova free.