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1deign — [deın] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: deignier, from Latin dignus deserving admiration ] deign to do sth to do something that you think you are really too important to do often used humorously ▪ Travis called after her, but she didn t… …
2deign — [dān] vi. [ME deignen < OFr deignier < L dignare, dignari, to deem worthy < dignus, worthy: see DIGNITY] to condescend to do something thought to be slightly beneath one s dignity [the duchess deigned to shake my hand] vt. to condescend… …
3deign — [deɪn] verb do something that one considers to be beneath one s dignity: she did not deign to answer. Origin ME: from OFr. degnier, from L. dignare, dignari deem worthy , from dignus worthy …
4deign — v. 1 intr. (foll. by to + infin.) think fit, condescend. 2 tr. (usu. with neg.) archaic condescend to give (an answer etc.). Etymology: ME f. OF degnier, deigner, daigner f. L dignare, ari deem worthy f. dignus worthy …
5Oracle — • A Divine communication given at a special place through specially appointed persons; also the place itself. Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Oracle Oracle …
6JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …
7disdain — I. noun Etymology: Middle English desdeyne, from Anglo French desdaign, from desdeigner Date: 14th century a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior ; scorn II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English… …
8stoop — stoop1 [sto͞op] vi. [ME stupen < OE stupian, akin to ON stūpa < IE * (s)teup < base * (s)teu , to strike > STOCK] 1. to bend the body forward or in a crouch 2. to carry the head and shoulders or the upper part of the body habitually… …
9Battle of Waterloo — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Waterloo partof=the War of the Seventh Coalition caption= Wellington at Waterloo by Robert Alexander Hillingford. date=18 June 1815 place=Waterloo, present day Belgium south of brussels result=Decisive …
10Clarence Thomas — Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United …
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