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1.VerbTo consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.
To consider it appropriate or worthy to accept or take (something).
2.VerbTo consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.
3.VerbTo consider it appropriate or worthy to accept or take (something).
4.VerbOften followed by of: to consider (someone) as worthy of something; to dignify.
5.VerbTo consider it appropriate or worthy to do something, often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to think fit, to vouchsafe."He didn’t even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him."