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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
deign .
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Examples
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It was the word "deigns" that finally aroused Gustav's anger.
The Sinister Six Combo Castro, Adam Troy 2001
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"She 'deigns' to do anything under the sun that will help that Poor
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Justice Alito: You think that all the money belongs to the government, except to the extent it deigns to allow private people to keep some of it?
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No comments, that is — but a daily mailbox that is not (like, say, the mail Andrew Sullivan deigns to post) massively slanted in his favor.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Comparing Left and Right Blogospheres 2010
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Justice Alito: You think that all the money belongs to the government, except to the extent it deigns to allow private people to keep some of it?
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Justice Alito: You think that all the money belongs to the government, except to the extent it deigns to allow private people to keep some of it?
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As for the first quote, our less than forthcoming correspondant deigns not to tell his readers precisely who "that person" is. of course not, because to reveal that this is Khalid Sheik Mohammed might dampen the force of his argument a wee bit, no?
George Bush: no escaping torture charges | Katherine Gallagher 2011
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I never played your games Bob, but as a working game designer who deigns to imagine himself a worthy successor to your generation of developer, I'll extand my thanks to you as well.
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As for the first quote, our less than forthcoming correspondant deigns not to tell his readers precisely who "that person" is. of course not, because to reveal that this is Khalid Sheik Mohammed might dampen the force of his argument a wee bit, no?
George Bush: no escaping torture charges | Katherine Gallagher 2011
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Justice Alito: You think that all the money belongs to the government, except to the extent it deigns to allow private people to keep some of it?
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