deign
verb (used without object)
to think it appropriate to or in accordance with one's dignity; condescend.
was deigning
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past progressiveof deign.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She was the queen of the Hollows, and here she was deigning to waste a few of her precious words on me, a kid from Valedale?
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
