Disdaining

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disdain \Dis*dain"\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disdained};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Disdaining}.] [OE. disdainen, desdainen, OF.
     desdeigner, desdaigner, F. d['e]daigner; des- (L. dis-) +
     daigner to deign, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy. See
     {Deign}.]
     1. To think unworthy; to deem unsuitable or unbecoming; as,


        to disdain to do a mean act.
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              Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of
              the best knight living.               --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     2. To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving
        one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base
        acts, character, etc.
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              When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained
              him; for he was but a youth.          --1 Sam. xvii.
                                                    42.
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              'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise.
                                                    --Young.
  
     Syn: To contemn; despise; scorn. See {Contemn}.
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