Verb (used without object) : He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts. ,He condescended to their intellectual level in order to be understood. From Dictionary.com.
He condescended, that is, to put on record the life of the robber Tilliborus. From Wordnik.com. [Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02] Reference
And John condescended to be pleased at her praise. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
"I'm getting out," was the only answer he condescended. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
He condescended to notice what I was holding out to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
I have condescended to exist ... this and nothing more. From Wordnik.com. [Mr.Dostoevsky] Reference
Kimball condescended to speak to Lem Gildy, and Lem realized it. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls] Reference
"The duke -- coming --" He condescended to ask for information now. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Even the high and mighty seniors condescended to become interested. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
And he was very skilful, besides, when he condescended to take the trouble. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
Or if they had condescended to explanation, it would have been comprised in. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
He condescended, indeed, to play the part of jester to the Athenian tyrant. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
They turned to him at once and condescended to admit him to their conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from the Old Attic] Reference
These, it may be thought, condescended overmuch thus to notice an humble student. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
She condescended to take a little interest in this, for the experience was novel. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
St James's Street, arm-in-arm with a young nobleman whom he condescended to patronize. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
"No, no!" he answered, sullenly, and condescended to turn his glance upon the assemblage. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
"Oh!" said Jim, and he condescended to enter the parlor and plant himself in front of Nannie. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
They even condescended to jest with the young recruits and to civilly answer their many questions. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
He condescended to explain the fine uses of Italian statecraft, the wife's part, the husband's part. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
This sentence was too deep for me to fathom, and on my intimating as much, he condescended to explain. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference
Polly made a little grimace and walked steadily down the path; at the gate she condescended to remark. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
At length critics condescended to inquire where the secret of so wide and so durable a popularity lay. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
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