condescend

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To come down or go down; to descend.

   “To ſtoop to any ſordid lovv Action, is to imitate the Kite, vvhich flyeth high in the Air, yet vouchſafes to condeſcend to Carrion upon the Ground.”

2. fiil To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.

   “The boss condescended not to sack him after much persuasion from his coworkers.”

3. fiil To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.

   “"You must know," said Estella, condescending to me as a brilliant and beautiful woman might, "that I have no heart—if that has anything to do with my memory."”

4. fiil Chiefly followed by on or upon: to go into detail; to particularize, to specify.
5. fiil To agree to something; to accede, to assent, to consent; also, to reach an agreement.

   “Than were they condeſended that Kyng Arthure and syr mordred ſhold mete betwyxte bothe theyr hooſtes and eueryche of them shold brynge fourtene persones […]”

6. fiil To give way or yield in a deferential manner; to be amenable or compliant.

   “Henricus the Emperour [Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor] fearing þᵉ vaine thūderbolt of the Popes curse, talking with his princes, and perswaded by his frendes, was fain to condescend to the vnreasonable conditions of the Pope: […]”

7. fiil To graciously give; to vouchsafe.

   “[W]hen John [the author of the Gospel of John] asks thee [Jesus] a queſtion […] thou condeſcendeſt to a mild and full (though ſecret) ſatisfaction.”

8. fiil To reach a certain point; to settle on.

   “[H]is Ho[liness] hath, & contynually doth deſire them vvith ſpede to condeſcend to oon opinion, or other, & to ſhevv their ſentence in theſe Articles, VVhether in ther opinions the cauſes vvherupon the Matrimony ſhold be declared nought, & the Diſpenſation void, be ſufficient in the lavv, or not.”

9. fiil To secretly make plans, usually to bring about a bad or illegal result; to conspire, to plot.

   “[S]he perſwaded the Duke of Clarence, that it was neyther naturall, nor honorable to him eyther to condiſcende or take parte againſt the houſe of Yorke, (of which he was lineally diſcended) and to ſet vp agayne the houſe of Lancaſtre, […]”

10. fiil To treat (someone) as though inferior; to talk down to (someone); to patronize.

    “I didn't mean to condescend you, Mr. Shreck.”

11. fiil Often preceded by the dummy pronoun it: to agree to (something); to consent.

    “It was condescended by the warring parties that they should lay down their arms and seek peace.”