单词 | condescensive |
释义 | † condeˈscensive, a. Obs. [ad. med.L. condēscensīv-us, f. condēscens- ppl. stem of condēscendĕre: see -ive.] Characterized by or given to condescension.
a1677Barrow Serm. (1810) II. 240 It..rendereth him civil, condescensive, kind and helpful to those who are in a meaner state. 1708Brit. Apollo No. 63. 1/1 A condescensive accommodation to Humane Capacity. 1747E. Poston Pratler I. 137 Most of them are..so condescensive to leave it to me to chuse. Hence † condeˈscensively adv., -ness.
1652Sparke Prim. Devot. (1663) 501 Let us exercise..condescensiveness of spirit, in all our transactions with our meanest brethren. 1827G. S. Faber Orig. Expiat. Sacr. 268 The rite was condescensively adopted..from the Paganism of Egypt. |

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