to condescend or deign to
1condescend — I (deign) verb accommodate oneself, accord, be courteous, be gracious, descend, descendere, disregard prestige, grant, humble oneself, lower oneself, sacrifice pride, se submittere, stoop, tolerate, unbend, vouchsafe, waive privilege, yield II… …
2condescend — *stoop, deign Analogous words: favor, accommodate, *oblige: vouchsafe, concede, *grant Antonyms: presume …
3deign — [dān] vi. [ME deignen < OFr deignier < L dignare, dignari, to deem worthy < dignus, worthy: see DIGNITY] to condescend to do something thought to be slightly beneath one s dignity [the duchess deigned to shake my hand] vt. to condescend… …
4Deign — (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},… …
5Condescend — Con de*scend , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Condescended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Condescending}.] [F. condescendre, LL. condescendere, fr. L. con + descendere. See {Descend}.] 1. To stoop or descend; to let one s self down; to submit; to waive the privilege… …
6Deign — 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 …
7deign — I verb allow, allow with condescension, be so good as to, condescend, descend, favor, grant, patronize, stoop, vouchsafe II index accede (concede), bestow, patronize (condescend toward) Burt …
8condescend — [kän΄di send′] vi. [ME condescenden < OFr condescendre < LL(Ec) condescendere, to let oneself down, condescend < L com , together + descendere,DESCEND] 1. to descend voluntarily to the level, regarded as lower, of the person one is… …
9deign — c.1300, from O.Fr. deignier (Mod.Fr. daigner), from L. dignari to deem worthy or fit (Cf. It. degnare, Sp. deñar), from dignus worthy (see DIGNITY (Cf. dignity)). Sense of take or accept graciously led to that of condescend (1580s) …
10deign — condescend, *stoop Analogous words: vouchsafe, accord, concede, *grant, award …
