condescend

Words with a similar base: condescend

'condescend'

[condescend.v.01] as in: behave in a patronizing and condescending manner

'condescend'

[condescend.v.02] as in: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

'condescend'

[condescend.v.03] as in: debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way

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

'condescend'

[patronize.v.03] as in: treat condescendingly

Origins

					condescend (English)
└── condescenden (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── condescendre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        ├── condescendere (Latin)
        └── condescendo (Latin)

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