deign

deign

1. rak|en|inf suvaita tehdä jtak, suostua (vastentahtoisesti) tekemään jtak, alentua, pitää hyväksymisen arvoisena

Esimerkkejä:

He did not deign to greet us.

Father Mars, deign to accept the offering of these victims.

"Deign to accept these gifts," the ambassador said.

Synonyymisanakirja

deign

toimia, lähteä liikkeelle, alentua, vajota.

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Englannin sanakirja

deign (englanti > suomi)

1. suvaita

deign englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.

He didnt even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him.''

2. puhekieltä To condescend to give; to do something.

3. William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I scene II:

Nor would we deign him burial of his men.

4. 1871, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Heartsease, Or, The Brothers Wife'' (volume 2, page 189)

He, who usually hardly deigned a glance at his infants, now lay gazing with inexpressible softness and sadness at the little sleeping face(..)

5. puhekieltä To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.

6. 1598?', William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I, scene I, line 162-3

I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, receiving them from such a worthless post.

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