All 9 Uses of
deign
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- And as he had not come as a visitor but as a subordinate official bringing a special report, and as he saw the reception given me by his chief, he deigned to speak with some openness, to a certain extent only, of course.†
Chpt 2
- "I'll be her husband if she deigns to have me, and when lovers come, I'll go into the next room.†
Chpt 3
- But Smerdyakov did not deign to reply.†
Chpt 5 *
- And so many ages mankind had prayed with faith and fervor, "O Lord our God, hasten Thy coming," so many ages called upon Him, that in His infinite mercy He deigned to come down to His servants.†
Chpt 5
- And behold, He deigned to appear for a moment to the people, to the tortured, suffering people, sunk in iniquity, but loving Him like children.†
Chpt 5
- Thou lookest meekly at me and deignest not even to be wroth with me.†
Chpt 5
- For so many years I've been silent with the whole world and not deigned to speak, and all of a sudden I reel off a rigmarole like that."†
Chpt 5
- "In what sense did they found it?" he deigned to comment at last.†
Chpt 10
- And we will not from the tribune of truth and good sense correct the Gospel of our Lord, Whom the counsel for the defense deigns to call only 'the crucified lover of humanity,' in opposition to all orthodox Russia, which calls to Him, 'For Thou art our God!'†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(deign) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity