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condescend

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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.

To consent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I won't stoop to reading other people's mail Source: Internet

But, doesn’t condescend to the county folk, and the solid cast (which includes vets like Pam Grier and Ed Begley Jr.) serves up laughs warmer than a windowsill pie. Source: Internet

Donald's need for affirmation is so great, he doesn't seem to notice that the largest group of supporters are people he wouldn’t condescend to be seen with outside of a rally. Source: Internet

It covers the left like it is some kind of Borg-like hive-mind, whose every move is plotted and orchestrated by distant elites determined to humiliate and condescend to white people in the "heartland." Source: Internet

Conversely, should the highly revered Nkwerre people now condescend so low as to be manipulated by an externally intangible forces, grief awaits them of which shame remains the ultimate painful portion to be inherited out of such recklessness. Source: Internet

One of the charms of Aubry’s method is that, as with Oprah’s enthusiasts, he refuses to condescend to the Amazon “amateurs” who claim to have had their curiosity, and sometimes their political conscience, aroused by Kite Runner. Source: Internet

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