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Word entry · 5 letters

deign

Best crossword clue

"Condescend to do"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /deɪn/Part of speech verbSorted deginStarts with DEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

Used in a sentence

  • Nor vvould vve deigne him buriall of his men, / Till he diſburſed, at Saint Colmes ynch, / Ten thouſand Dollars, to our generall vſe.
  • [T]hough this my vvorke, ovvne not vvorth enough to deſerve your patronage, yet ſuch is your benigne humanity, that I am confident you vvill daigne it your protection, under vvhich it vvillingly ſhrovvdes it ſelfe.
  • And sure a willing ear she well might deign / To one whose tales may equally engage / The wondering mind of youth, the thoughtful heart of age.

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