Condescent vs. Condescend — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Condescent and Condescend
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Condescent
(obsolete) An act of condescension.
Condescend
To do something that one regards as beneath one's social rank or dignity; lower oneself. ]
Condescent
An act of condescension.
Condescend
(intransitive) To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
Condescend
(intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).
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Condescend
To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).
Condescend
To consent, agree.
Condescend
To come down.
Condescend
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.
Can they think me so broken, so debasedWith corporal servitude, that my mind everWill condescend to such absurd commands?
Spain's mighty monarch,In gracious clemency, does condescend,On these conditions, to become your friend.
Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me.
Condescend
To consent.
All parties willingly condescended heruento.
Condescend
Behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
Condescend
Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Condescend
Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way;
I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
Condescend
Treat condescendingly
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