deign Copy link Outline 1. dignor, 12. cūro, 1 (to take pains or trouble)3. expr. by aspernor, grăvor, or similar verbs, and a negative • deign: 1. dignor, 1: I d. not to canvass the grammarian tribes, grammaticas ambire tribus non dignor, Hor.: Suet. (but the verb is not so used in Cic.): v. to condescend. 2. cūro, 1 (to take pains or trouble): not to d. to read, legere non curare, Cic. 3. expr. by aspernor, grăvor, or similar verbs, and a negative: as, and thou didst deign to hear his call, nec tu aspernata vocantem, Virg.