condescend
verb (used without object)
to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
have condescended
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present perfectof condescend.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And that doesn’t include the tweets from professional, blue-check-marked figures who have condescended to me and belittled my work or expertise.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2022
At least a thousand screaming swifts have condescended to spend an hour close to me.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 27, 2013
In the first place, that I should have condescended to go down with you at all, and in the second place, all that happened there.
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Yet you have condescended to receive this poor offender; and, having done so much, you will not refuse to give him audience.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XV by Robert Louis Stevenson
But that gentleman was too engaged at that moment to reply, even if he would have condescended so to do.
From Dorothy on a House Boat by Evelyn Raymond
