The Only Use of
deign
in
Macbeth
- That now
Sweno, the Norways' king, craves composition;
Nor would we deign him burial of his men
Till he disbursed, at Saint Colme's-inch,
Ten thousand dollars to our general use.†p. 13.4deign = do something considered beneath one's dignity
Definition:
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity