Both Uses of
deign
in
David Copperfield
- 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.†
Chpt 40-42 *
- 'I speak,' she said, not deigning to take any heed of this appeal, and drawing away her dress from the contamination of Emily's touch, 'I speak of HIS home — where I live.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(deign) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity