'Condescend' definitions:
Definition of 'condescend'
From: WordNet
verb
Behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
verb
verb
Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail" [syn: condescend, stoop, lower oneself]
verb
Definition of 'Condescend'
From: GCIDE
- 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] Condescendence
Synonyms of 'condescend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accede to,
- accept,
- accord to,
- agree to,
- approve,
- approve of,
- assent,
- be willing,
- bridle,
- connive at,
- consent,
- consent to silently,
- deal with,
- deign,
- descend,
- endorse,
- give consent,
- go along with,
- grant,
- have no objection,
- hold with,
- lower oneself,
- nod,
- nod assent,
- not refuse,
- OK,
- okay,
- patronize,
- permit,
- ratify,
- sanction,
- say aye,
- say yes,
- stoop,
- take kindly to,
- toss the head,
- treat,
- vote affirmatively,
- vote aye,
- vouchsafe,
- wink at,
- yield assent