Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-DE-SCEND'ING
CON-DE-SCEND'ENCECON-DE-SCEND'ING-LY
CON-DE-SCEND'ING, ppr.
- Descending from rank or distinction in the intercourse of life; receding from rights or claims; yielding.
- adj. Yielding to inferiors; courteous; obliging.
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