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She has an ego problem so does not deign the man's word. This is a sample sentence containing the word deign.
The young girls were surprised that the older girls deign to talk to them.
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I'm not sure if that is a real word. - It is a real word it means : 'To think fit or in accordance with ones dignity.' A sentence example would be: " As usual the wolf did not deign to glance at the man, but rather continued on his way."
To deign is to do something that one considers to be beneath their dignity.'The nobleman did not deign to adhere to the request of the beggar.'
Deign: to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
The word "dain" is not commonly used in modern English to mean refusing to do something. A more fitting word for the example sentence you provided would be "bother" or "deign" as in "they didn't deign to reply" meaning they did not consider it worth their time or effort to reply.
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He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts. condescend means: 1. to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity. 2. to stoop or deign to do something