Deigned vs Feigned - What's the difference?
deigned | feigned |
(deign)
To condescend; to accept as appropriate to one's dignity.
To condescend to give; to do something.
* William Shakespeare, Macbeth , Act I scene II:
* 1871 , Charlotte Mary Yonge, Heartsease, Or, The Brother's Wife (volume 2, page 189)
(obsolete) To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.
* 1598?' , William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona , Act I, scene I, line 162-3
Being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.
(feign)
As verbs the difference between deigned and feigned
is that deigned is past tense of deign while feigned is past tense of feign.As an adjective feigned is
being a pretense, a counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent.deigned
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(head)Anagrams
*deign
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(en verb)- He didn't even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him.
- Nor would we deign him burial of his men.
- He, who usually hardly deigned a glance at his infants, now lay gazing with inexpressible softness and sadness at the little sleeping face
- I fear my Julia would not deign my lines,receiving them from such a worthless post.
feigned
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(-)- 1841' ''"I have passed my word," said Jowl with '''feigned reluctance, "and I'll keep it. When does this match come off? I wish it was over. -- To-night?"'' — Charles Dickens, ''The Old Curiosity Shop ,
Chapter 9.