"condescend" in the verb sense
1. condescend
behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
2. condescend, deign, descend
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
3. condescend, stoop, lower oneself
debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
"I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
4. patronize, patronise, condescend
treat condescendingly
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