Deign
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To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; -- followed by aninfinitive.O deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope.Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. Sir W. Scott.Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. Macaulay.
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to do something unwillingly and in a way that shows that you think you are too important to do it:
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Do something that one considers to be beneath ones dignity.
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