daigner

Elle daignait venir dans la cour, oui, mais pour me faire plaisir.
She would come into the garden, yes, but only as a favour to me.
Il était le seul autre membre du club Anti-Chorale qui daignait venir aux réunions.
He was the only other member of the Anti-Glee Club that bothered to come to meetings.
Chaque fois qu'il daignait répondre, il parlait d'une voix monotone.
Whenever he did deign to reply, he spoke in a monotone.
Le comte était un homme hautain et ne daignait pas adresser la parole à ceux qu'il considérait comme ses inférieurs.
The count was a haughty man and didn't deign to speak to those he considered his inferiors.
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