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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Condescend \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
condescend
v 1: behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
2: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
[syn: {deign}, {descend}]
3: act in an undignified or dishonorable way "I won't stoop to
this" [syn: {stoop}, {lower oneself}]
4: treat condescendingly [syn: {patronize}]
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