deign

deign

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

Esimerkkejä deign sanan käytöstä:

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.

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deign

  1. toimia, lähteä liikkeelle, alentua, vajota.

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alentua 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.''

puhekieltä To condescend to give; to do something.
William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act I scene II:
Nor would we deign him burial of his men.
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(..)
puhekieltä To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.
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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