condescend
Betekenis (Engels)
- To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
- To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).
- To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).
- (obsolete) To consent, agree.
- (obsolete) To come down.
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Synoniemen
lower oneself
hang down
humble oneself
let fall
lover oneself
stoop c lower oneself
crave for to deign
disparage
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd/
Etymologie (Engels)
From Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condēscendere (“to let one's self down, stoop, condescend”), from Latin con- (“together”) + dēscendere, present active infinitive of dēscendō (“I come down”); see descend.
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