condescend
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verb- 1.
(intransitive, obsolete)To come down or go down; to descend.
- 2.
(figuratively, intransitive)To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.
The boss condescended not to sack him after much persuasion from his coworkers.
- 3.
(figuratively, intransitive)To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.
- 4.
(figuratively, intransitive)Chiefly followed by on or upon: to go into detail; to particularize, to specify.
- 5.
(figuratively, intransitive, obsolete)To agree to something; to accede, to assent, to consent; also, to reach an agreement.
- 6.
(figuratively, intransitive, obsolete)To give way or yield in a deferential manner; to be amenable or compliant.
- 7.
(figuratively, intransitive, obsolete)To graciously give; to vouchsafe.
- 8.
(figuratively, intransitive, obsolete)To reach a certain point; to settle on.
- 9.
(figuratively, intransitive, obsolete)To secretly make plans, usually to bring about a bad or illegal result; to conspire, to plot.
- 10.
(obsolete, transitive)Often preceded by the dummy pronoun it: to agree to (something); to consent.
It was condescended by the warring parties that they should lay down their arms and seek peace.
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ine ḱómine dé ine-pro From Middle English condescenden, condescendre, from Old French condescendre (to descend, go down; to agree or assent to) (modern condescendre), from condēscendere, the present active infinitive of condēscendō (to stoop down; to condescend), from Latin con- + dēscendō (to come or go down, descend; to stoop down) (from dē- + scandō (to ascend, mount;