deign

verb4

1. •
   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.

   • Nor vvould vve deigne him buriall of his men, / Till he disbursed, at Saint Colmes ynch, / Ten thousand Dollars, to our generall vse. — 1606
2. •
   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.
3. •
   (no longer used) Often followed by of: to consider (someone) as worthy of something; to dignify.

   • VVill you not daigne his Majesty vvith an Ansvver? — 1591
4. •
   (no longer used) To consider it appropriate or worthy to accept or take (something).

   • Shee deignes not my good will, but doth reprove / And of my rurall musick holdeth scorne. — 1579