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Definition
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- Who fair Zeleia's wealthy valleys till,(106) Fast by the foot of Ida's sacred hill, Or drink, AEsepus, of thy sable flood, Were led by Pandarus, of royal blood; To whom his art Apollo deign'd to show, Graced with the presents of his shafts and bow.Book 2 (94% in)
There are no more uses of "deign" in The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Pope).
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