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deigned

/deɪnd/

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What does deigned mean?

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of deign

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IPA pronunciation

/deɪnd/

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The king, in his inexhaustible clemency, has deigned to commute his penalty to that of penal servitude for life.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
She added that Her Majesty had deigned to show Baron Funke beaucoup d’estime, and again her face clouded over with sadness.
Leo, graf TolstoyWar and PeaceTranslated by Aylmer Maude; Louise MaudeProject Gutenberg ebook #2600
More book examples (3)
He had deigned an explanation, almost an apology, and I did not feel insensible to his condescension, and would not seem so.
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #1260
And yet I hear from those who have made trial of it, that the least atom of gravel deigned not to stir fort.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
I deigned to make him no reply; and, taking up my hat, was going out to bed, when he came between me and the door.
Charles DickensDavid CopperfieldProject Gutenberg ebook #766