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▸ verb: (obsolete) To come down or go down; to descend.
▸ verb: (figurative)
▸ verb: To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.
▸ verb: To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.
▸ verb: Chiefly followed by on or upon: to go into detail; to particularize, to specify.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To agree to something; to accede, to assent, to consent; also, to reach an agreement.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To give way or yield in a deferential manner; to be amenable or compliant.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To graciously give; to vouchsafe.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To reach a certain point; to settle on.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To secretly make plans, usually to bring about a bad or illegal result; to conspire, to plot.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: (nonstandard, rare) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to talk down to (someone); to patronize.
▸ verb: (chiefly passive voice, obsolete) Often preceded by the dummy pronoun it: to agree to (something); to consent.
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descend,
stoop,
deign,
patronize,
lower oneself,
condenscend,
go down,
dismount,
down,
derogate,
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