0 to do something unwillingly and in a way that shows that you think you are too important to do it:
1 to agree to do something although you consider yourself too important to have to do it:
Mr. Clinton did not deign to reply.
Constantly talked about, he or she never deigns to utter a sound.
When they deigned to explain themselves further, complainants harped on bridewealth and parental consent.
Another 16,000 have so far not deigned to reply to the circular.
He did not deign to enlighten we as to where the displaced tenants would go.
This is to deign not to notice what is going on and to seek not to excuse a single one of one's actions.
On some occasions they are deliberately deigned as protective devices for industry rather than as protection for the consumer.
When we finally obtained an independent clinical review, the general practitioners did not even deign to give evidence.
One begins to think how grateful the great unwashed should be that those great intellects deign to bend their minds to improving their lot.
