condescend+to+grant
21deign — [[t]deɪn[/t]] v. i. 1) to think fit with one s dignity; condescend: would not deign to visit us[/ex] 2) to condescend to give or grant: deigned no reply[/ex] • Etymology: 1250–1300; < OF deignier < L dignārī to judge worthy …
22deign — /deɪn / (say dayn) verb (i) 1. to think fit or in accordance with one s dignity; condescend: *Uncle Jay Jay was laughing like fun; even aunt Helen deigned to smile –miles franklin, 1901. –verb (t) 2. to condescend to give or grant. {Middle… …
23vouchsafe — v.tr. formal 1 condescend to give or grant (vouchsafed me no answer). 2 (foll. by to + infin.) condescend. Etymology: ME f. VOUCH in sense warrant + SAFE …
24Twain, Mark — orig. Samuel Langhorne Clemens born Nov. 30, 1835, Florida, Mo., U.S. died April 21, 1910, Redding, Conn. U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer. He grew up in Hannibal, Mo., on the Mississippi River. At age 13 he was apprenticed to a local printer …
25favor — fa·vor n 1: bias 2: benefit in favor of: to the benefit of a judgment in favor of the defendant in one s favor: to one s benefit …
26Benjamin Disraeli — Disraeli redirects here. For other uses, see Disraeli (disambiguation). The Right Honourable The Earl of Beaconsfield KG PC FRS …
27Bitter Moon — Infobox Film | name = Bitter Moon caption = Bitter Moon film poster director = Roman Polanski producer = Roman Polanski writer =Gérard Brach John Brownjohn Roman Polanski starring =Hugh Grant Emmanuelle Seigner Kristin Scott Thomas Peter Coyote… …
28yield — 1 / yēld/ vt: to produce as return from an expenditure or investment: furnish as profit or interest an account that yield s 6 percent vi 1: to give place or precedence (as to one having a superior right or claim) 2: to relinquish the floor of a… …
29indulge — index bestow, enable, foster, furnish, give (grant), grant (concede), let (p …
30vouch|safe — «vowch SAYF», verb, safed, saf|ing. –v.t. 1. to be willing to grant or give; deign (to do or give): »The proud man vouchsafed no reply when we told him we had not meant to hurt his feelings. 2. Obsolete. to guarantee as safe; secure; assure. –v.i …
