All 5 Uses of
deign
in
The Idiot
- "And how do you know that he left two million and a half of roubles?" asked Rogojin, disdainfully, and no deigning so much as to look at the other.†
Chpt 1.1 *deigning = doing something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- Such were her words—very likely she did not give her real reason for this eccentric conduct; but, at all events, that was all the explanation she deigned to offer.†
Chpt 1.4deigned = did something that one considers to be below one's dignity
- Then as if vexed that he could not ever express what he really meant, he said irritably, in a loud voice: "Excellency, I have the honour of inviting you to my funeral; that is, if you will deign to honour it with your presence.†
Chpt 2.10deign = do something considered beneath one's dignity
- But Mrs. Epanchin would not deign to look at Lebedeff.†
Chpt 2.10
- "That has been seen already," continued Lebedeff, not deigning to notice the interruption.†
Chpt 3.4deigning = doing something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Definition:
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity