condescend
verb (used without object)
to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
had condescended
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past perfectof condescend.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Suddenly the Arabs found themselves avidly courted by people who for long had condescended to them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lucius Beebe, who had condescended to the wartime informality of a black tie, apologized: "I feel as naked as a jay bird."
From Time Magazine Archive
He had no hair upon it, except a tuft or two of eyebrows, which the ravages of disease had condescended to leave to him.
From The Hound From The North by Charles Livingston Bull
Yes, Miss I Can must have caught Lucille in her meshes, too, for that young lady, generally so dainty in her labor preferences, had condescended to sweep the kitchen.
From Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Rena I. Halsey
"I should have bored her to extinction, even if she had condescended to look at me, which I am sure she never would."
From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess
