deign
verb (used without object)
to think it appropriate to or in accordance with one's dignity; condescend.
has deigned
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present perfectof deign (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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For the last week, only a single blossom has deigned to grace us with its presence.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2022
Whitney Port, calm and chic, rolls her round eyes at such drama, but neither Lauren Conrad nor Kristin Cavallari has deigned to grace this revival.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 17, 2019
Will you stand on the street, some weekend morning, squabbling about the merits of the $3,000-a-month rathole a broker has deigned to show you?
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2014
No one has deigned to risk his livelihood while currently playing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2013
Every anxiety which I felt, and which my letter so faintly expressed, is relieved by that condescension with which your Majesty has deigned to accept the state of Ireland, and of my situation.
From Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of
