About The Word Condescend
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Condescend
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What's The Definition Of Condescend?
[v] treat condescendingly
[v] debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" [v] do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [v] behave in a patronizing and condescending manner Synonyms | Synonyms for Condescend: deign | descend | lower oneself | patronise | patronize | stoop Related Terms | Find terms related to Condescend: accede to | accept | accord to | agree to | approve | approve of | assent | be willing | bridle | connive at | consent | consent to silently | deal with | deign | descend | endorse | give consent | go along with | grant | have no objection | hold with | lower oneself | nod | nod assent | not refuse | OK | okay | patronize | permit | ratify | sanction | say aye | say yes | stoop | take kindly to | toss the head | treat | vote affirmatively | vote aye | vouchsafe | wink at | yield assent See Also | act | interact | move | stoop to Condescend In Webster's Dictionary \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Condescended};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Condescending}.] [F. condescendre, LL.
condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See {Descend}.]
1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to
waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate
one's self to an inferior. ``Condescend to men of low
estate.'' --Rom. xii. 16.
Can they think me so broken, so debased With
corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will
condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
Spain's mighty monarch, In gracious clemency, does
condescend, On these conditions, to become your
friend. --Dryden.
Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
superiority.
Those who thought they were honoring me by
condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
W. Robinson.
2. To consent. [Obs.]
All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
Carew.
Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
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