condescend

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
  2. To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).
  3. To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).
  4. (obsolete) To consent, agree.
  5. (obsolete) To come down.

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/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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