disapproval If you say that someone deigned to do something, you are expressing your disapproval of the fact that they did it unwillingly, because they thought they were too important to do it. At last, Harper deigned to speak. To condescend to give or grant; vouchsafe. "Nor would we deign him burial of his men" (Shakespeare). deign to do sth to do something that you think you are really too important to do - often used humorously (deignier, from dignus )
To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant
() From Middle English deignen, from Old French deignier (“consider worthy”), from Latin digno (“consider worthy”) from dignus (“worthy”). Cognate to dignity.