Maybe Hamlet's pronounced stoop? (5)

I believe the answer is:

deign

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'stoop' is the definition.
(to deign is to stoop to something beneath oneself)

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(Other definitions for deign that I've seen before include "Do something considered to be below one's dignity" , "Think fit" , "Lower oneself" , "Think appropriate" , "Condescend; stoop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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