Definizione monolingua

condescend

condescend (third-person singular simple present condescends, present participle condescending, simple past and past participle condescended)

1. (intransitive) To come down from ones superior position; to deign (to do something).
   • 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperor, act 1, sc. 2:

     Spains mighty monarch . . .

     In gracious clemency, does condescend

     On these conditions, to become your friend.

   • 1847, Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey, ch. 5:

     Fanny and little Harriet he seldom condescended to notice; but Mary Ann was something of a favourite.

2. (intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).
   • 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, ch. 29:

     ""You must know,"" said Estella, condescending to me as a brilliant and beautiful woman might, ""that I have no heart.""

   • 1880, Charlotte M. Yonge, Clever Woman of the Family, ch. 7:

     Ermine never let any one be condescending to her, and conducted the conversation with her usual graceful good breeding.

3. (intransitive, obsolete) To consent, agree.
   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 1134-36:

     Can they think me so broken, so debased

     With corporal servitude, that my mind ever

     Will condescend to such absurd commands?

   • 1868, Horatio Alger, Struggling Upward, ch. 3:

     ""This is the pay I get for condescending to let you go with me.""

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To come down.

Definizione dizionario condescend

degnare

degnarsi

presentare

Altri significati:

(intransitive, obsolete) To consent, agree.

(intransitive, obsolete) To come down.

(intransitive) To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).

(transitive) To treat someone as an inferior, to talk down to someone.