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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disdain \Dis*dain"\ (?; 277), verb (used with an object) [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.
Disdaining . . . that any should bear the armor of the best knight living. --Sir P. Sidney.
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.
When the Philistine . . . saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth. --1 Sam. xvii. 42.
'T is great, 't is manly to disdain disguise. --Young.
Syn: To contemn; despise; scorn. See {Contemn}.
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