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deign – do or give something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity

(Pronounced deyn)

The word deign is found in act 1, scene 2, line 60 of Macbeth Shakespeare.

"Nor would I deign him burial of his men."

To remember the definition of the word deign, use the following mnemonic:

The great dane (deign) thought it beneath her dignity to act like the human,

The great dane (deign) thought it beneath her dignity to act like the human,

 

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