Condescends
[,kɔndɪ'sendz]
Examples
- I am surprised,' said Mr Sampson feebly, 'that Miss Bella condescends to cook. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But she is perfectly amiable, and often condescends to drive by my humble abode in her little phaeton and ponies. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She condescends to say I would have made him a good wife; and vows that she will be a mother to your little Rebecca. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Some cynical Frenchman has said that there are two parties to a love-transaction: the one who loves and the other who condescends to be so treated. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Typist: Margery