alentua — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abate verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- condescend verb To treat someone as though they are inferior; to talk down to them.
- deign verb To agree to do something considered beneath one's dignity or status.
- depreciate verb To lower the price or value of something.
- descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
- lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.
- stoop verb To bend the body forward and down.
Senses
alentua is used for these senses in English:
- abate To decrease in force or intensity; to subside. [from 14th c.]
- come down (intransitive) To reach or release a decision.
- condescend To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.
- deign (transitive) To condescend to give; to do something.
- depreciate (intransitive) To decline in value over time.
- descend To come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something.
- descend (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
- lower (reflexive) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity.
abate — full definition
- verb To become less strong or severe; to die down.
- verb (law) To cancel or bring a legal matter to an end.
condescend — full definition
- verb To treat someone as though they are inferior; to talk down to them.
- verb To do something considered beneath one's status, often reluctantly.
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