Condescend

  • 71vouchsafe — v.tr. formal 1 condescend to give or grant (vouchsafed me no answer). 2 (foll. by to + infin.) condescend. Etymology: ME f. VOUCH in sense warrant + SAFE …

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  • 72con|de|scen|sion — «KON dih SEHN shuhn», noun. 1. a) pleasantness to one s inferiors in rank. b) an instance of this. 2. a haughty or patronizing attitude. ╂[< Late Latin condēscēnsiō, ōnis < cdēscendere; see etym. under condescend (Cf. ↑condescend)] …

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  • 73Condescent — Con de*scent , n. [Cf. {Condescend}, {Descent}.] An act of condescension. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 74condog — con*dog (?; 115), v. i. [A punning corruption of concur.] To concur; to agree. [Burlesque] [1913 Webster] Note: This word appears in early dictionaries as a synonym for the word agree; thus. Agree; concurre, cohere, condog, condescend. Cockeram.… …

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  • 75Decline — De*cline , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink, decline (a noun), F. d[ e]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid; de + clinare …

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  • 76Declined — Decline De*cline , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink, decline (a noun), F. d[ e]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid; de + …

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  • 77Declining — Decline De*cline , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Declined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Declining}.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink, decline (a noun), F. d[ e]cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid; de + …

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  • 78Deign — (d[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deigned} (d[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deigning}.] [OE. deinen, deignen, OF. degner, deigner, daigner, F. daigner, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy, deign, fr. dignus worthy; akin to decere to be fitting. See {Decent},… …

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  • 79Deign — Deign, v. i. To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; followed by an infinitive. [1913 Webster] O deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope. [1913 Webster] Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Round turned he …

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  • 80Deigned — Deign Deign (d[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deigned} (d[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deigning}.] [OE. deinen, deignen, OF. degner, deigner, daigner, F. daigner, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy, deign, fr. dignus worthy; akin to decere to be fitting. See …

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