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Condescend

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Verb

1. condescend

behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

2. condescend, deign, descend

do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

3. condescend, lower oneself, stoop

debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way

Example Sentences:
'I won't stoop to reading other people's mail'

4. condescend, patronise, patronize

treat condescendingly

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Condescend

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verb (intransitive)
1. 
to act graciously towards another or others regarded as being on a lower level; behave patronizingly
2. 
to do something that one regards as below one's dignity

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Condescend

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verb intransitive
1. 
to descend voluntarily to the level, regarded as lower, of the person one is dealing with; be graciously willing to do something regarded as beneath one's dignity; deign
2. 
to deal with others in a proud or haughty way
3.  Obsolete
to make concessions; agree; assent

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Condescend

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intr.v. con·de·scend·ed, con·de·scend·ing, con·de·scends
1. To do something that one regards as beneath one's social rank or dignity; lower oneself. See Synonyms at stoop1.
2. To behave in a patronizing or superior manner toward someone: Viewed as a popularizer more than a scholar, he was condescended to by his academic colleagues.

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