Condescend

Definition of Condescend

Con`de`scend´

v. i.	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. [imp. & p. p. Condescended; p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending.] Can they think me so broken, so debased With corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will condescend to such absurd commands? - Milton. Spain's mighty monarch, In gracious clemency, does condescend, On these conditions, to become your friend. - Dryden. Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me. - F. W. Robinson.
	2.	To consent. All parties willingly condescended heruento. - R. Carew.

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