verb To 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).
verb To consider it appropriate or worthy to do or give (something), often when it is seen as beneath one's dignity; to condescend, to vouchsafe.
verb To consider it appropriate or worthy to accept or take (something).
verb Often followed by of: to consider (someone) as worthy of something; to dignify.
verb To 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.