Part 2880

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to <i>disdain</i>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I fear my Julia would not <b>deign</b> my lines. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.</def>

<blockquote>Nor would we <b>deign</b> him burial of his men. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deign</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>Deign</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; -- followed by an infinitive.</def>

<blockquote>O <b>deign</b> to visit our forsaken seats. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Yet not Lord Cranstone <b>deigned</b> she greet. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Round turned he, as not <b>deigning</b> Those craven ranks to see. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<note>In early English <i>deign</i> was often used impersonally.</note>

<blockquote>Him <b>deyneth</b> not to set his foot to ground. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deignous</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>Deign"ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>disdeignous</ets>, OF. <ets>desdeignos</ets>, <ets>desdaigneus</ets>, F. <ets>d\'82daigneux</ets>. See <er>Disdain</er>.]</ety> <def>Haughty; disdainful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Deil</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>Deil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Devil; -- spelt also <i>deel</i>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<cs><col>Deil's buckie</col>. <cd>See under <er>Buckie</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Deinoceras</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>Dei*noc"e*ras</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dinoceras</er>.</def>

<h1>Deinornis</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>Dei*nor"nis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dinornis</er>.</def>

<h1>Deinosaur</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>Dei"no*saur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dinosaur</er>.</def>

<h1>Deinotherium</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>Dei`no*the"ri*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dinotherium</er>.</def>

<h1>Deintegrate</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*in"te*grate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deintegrare</ets> to impair; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>integrare</ets> to make whole.]</ety> <def>To disintegrate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Deinteous, Deintevous</h1> <Xpage=384>