deign
verb (used without object)
to think it appropriate to or in accordance with one's dignity; condescend.
will deign
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future tenseof deign.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Who will deign to sit with the House’s new serial fabulist, George Santos?
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
On one side are kids who, as long as they remain respectful—we will deign to listen to.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2018
Then there are the hours spent at White House stakeouts in the rain, snow and heat, never certain if a visiting lawmaker will deign to come out.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2017
As the only journalist who will deign to talk to him, put it: "Be realistic, Max, disliking daylight is a slight handicap in any career, even journalism."
From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2011
“Maybe if we’re lucky, the general will deign to let us take showers. And, maybe if we’re really lucky, he’ll actually take one himself.”
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
