Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Deign \Deign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deigned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Deigning}.] [OE. deinen, deignen, OF. degner, deigner,
   daigner, F. daigner, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy, deign,
   fr. dignus worthy; akin to decere to be fitting. See
   {Decent}, and cf. {Dainty}, {Dignity}, {Condign}, {Disdain}.]
   1. To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to
      disdain. [Obs.]

            I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. --Shak.

   2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to
      vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.

            Nor would we deign him burial of his men. --Shak.