Deign

verb (used without object)
1. to think fit or in accordance with one's dignity; condescend:

verb (used with object)
2. To condescend to give or grant:
3. Obsolete. to condescend to accept.

1. He would not deign to discuss the matter with us.
2. He deigned no reply.

by OrangeFeather July 16, 2021