Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to condescend
Participle: condescended
Gerund: condescending
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | condescend |
| you | condescend |
| he;she;it | condescends |
| we | condescend |
| you | condescend |
| they | condescend |
Perfect
| I | have condescended |
| you | have condescended |
| he;she;it | has condescended |
| we | have condescended |
| you | have condescended |
| they | have condescended |
Past
| I | condescended |
| you | condescended |
| he;she;it | condescended |
| we | condescended |
| you | condescended |
| they | condescended |
Pluperfect
| I | had condescended |
| you | had condescended |
| he;she;it | had condescended |
| we | had condescended |
| you | had condescended |
| they | had condescended |
Future
| I | will condescend |
| you | will condescend |
| he;she;it | will condescend |
| we | will condescend |
| you | will condescend |
| they | will condescend |
Future Perfect
| I | will have condescended |
| you | will have condescended |
| he;she;it | will have condescended |
| we | will have condescended |
| you | will have condescended |
| they | will have condescended |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | condescend |
| you | condescend |
| he;she;it | condescend |
| we | condescend |
| you | condescend |
| they | condescend |
Perfect
| I | have condescended |
| you | have condescended |
| he;she;it | have condescended |
| we | have condescended |
| you | have condescended |
| they | have condescended |
Imperfect
| I | condescended |
| you | condescended |
| he;she;it | condescended |
| we | condescended |
| you | condescended |
| they | condescended |
Pluperfect
| I | had condescended |
| you | had condescended |
| he;she;it | had condescended |
| we | had condescended |
| you | had condescended |
| they | had condescended |
Conditional
Present
| I | would condescend |
| you | would condescend |
| he;she;it | would condescend |
| we | would condescend |
| you | would condescend |
| they | would condescend |
Perfect
| I | would have condescended |
| you | would have condescended |
| he;she;it | would have condescended |
| we | would have condescended |
| you | would have condescended |
| they | would have condescended |
Imperative
| you | condescend |
| we | Let's condescend |
| you | condescend |
Verbs conjugated like 'condescend'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'condescend'
condence,
descend,
redescend,
coalesce,
codesign,
coextend,
compesce,
condemn,
condense,
condiment,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1340, from O.Fr.
condescendere, from L.L.
condescendere "to let oneself down," from L.
com- "together" +
descendere "descend." Originally "to yield deferentially;" sense of "to sink willingly to equal terms with inferiors" is from 1611.
2. From Middle English condescenden, condescendre (“to deign, condescend; to accede graciously; to agree; to agree to, give consent; to make a concession, yield; etc.”), from Old French condescendre (“to descend, go down; to agree or assent to”) (modern French condescendre), from Ecclesiastical Latin condēscendere, the present active infinitive of condēscendō (“to stoop down; to condescend”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several objects) + dēscendō (“to come or go down, descend; to stoop down”) (from dē- (prefix denoting reversal or undoing) + scandō (“to ascend, mount; to clamber”) (from Proto-Indo-European *skend- (“to climb, scale; to dart; to jump; etc.”))). See: Old French '
condescendre', French '
condescendre'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] with his hat on one side and his hands in his pockets, who has dispensed so much consolation by inquiring with a yawn of another gentleman whether he is ‘going across’—as if it were a ferry—even he condescends to look that way, and nod his head, as who should say, ‘No mistake about that: ’ and not even the sage Lord Burleigh in his nod, included half so much as this lazy gentleman of might who has [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)