All 3 Uses of
deign
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
- ROXANE: And thus it goes on... 'And, since some target I must show For Cupid's cruel dart, Oh, if mine own you deign to keep, Then give me your sweet heart!'†
Act 3 *deign = do something considered beneath one's dignity
- I would be private; send each soul away, Receive alone him,—whose great boldness you Have deigned, I hope, to pardon, ere he asks,— He who is ever your—et cetera.'†
Act 3deigned = did something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- DE GUICHE (shrugging his shoulders and pushing him away, then going quickly to Roxane): Briefly, Madame, what decision do you deign to take?†
Act 4deign = do something considered beneath one's dignity
Definition:
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity