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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Condescended (0.01172 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Condescended.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: condescend
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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: Condescended
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.
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Can they think me so broken, so debased
With corporal servitude, that my mind ever
Will condescend to such absurd commands? --Milton.
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Spain's mighty monarch,
In gracious clemency, does condescend,
On these conditions, to become your friend.
--Dryden.
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Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
superiority.
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Those who thought they were honoring me by
condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
W. Robinson.
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2. To consent. [Obs.]
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All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
Carew.
Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.
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