Found 3 items, similar to Condescend.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: condescend berkenan, sudi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: condescend 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: debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; “I won't stoop to reading other people's mail” [syn: stoop, lower oneself] 4: treat condescendingly [syn: patronize, patronise]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Condescend 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. [1913 Webster] Can they think me so broken, so debased With corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton. [1913 Webster] Spain's mighty monarch, In gracious clemency, does condescend, On these conditions, to become your friend. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of superiority. [1913 Webster] Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me. --F. W. Robinson. [1913 Webster] 2. To consent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R. Carew. Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe. [1913 Webster]