deign

«deign» in Mova's school dictionary: to agree to do something that you think is beneath your… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (deigns, deigned, deigning)

meaning for a pupil

To deign is to agree to do something that you think is beneath your dignity; a grand person may deign to do a small thing (old use). tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a king or lord will deign to speak to a poor person; «Will you deign to buy it?» asks politely whether someone will kindly do it

examples

• Will the queen deign to visit our school? tree →
• He would not deign to answer such a silly question. tree →
• Deign to follow me, and you shall have a room. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «deign» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.