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- CONDESCEND Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The verb condescend used to be free of any hint of the offensive superiority it usually suggests today It could mean literally "to go or come down" or, figuratively, "to willingly lower oneself to another’s level," senses that are still occasionally encountered in writings on the Bible
- CONDESCEND | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
To condescend demonstrated an easy-going flexibility of temperament, a willingness to compromise Condescension came primarily to signify self-promotion at another's cost; to condescend was to assert one's own superiority in a way that degraded others
- CONDESCEND Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
CONDESCEND definition: to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity See examples of condescend used in a sentence
- CONDESCEND definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If someone condescends to do something, they agree to do it, but in a way which shows that they think they are better than other people and should not have to do it He condescended to speak but he contradicted himself [VERB to-infinitive]
- Condescend - definition of condescend by The Free Dictionary
1 to behave as if one is descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity 2 to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts 3 to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior
- condescend - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
condescend (third-person singular simple present condescends, present participle condescending, simple past and past participle condescended) Humane Prudence, or The Art by which a Man may Raise Himself and His Fortune to Grandeur
- condescend verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of condescend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- condescend - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior: He condescended to their intellectual level in order to be understood
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