(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If someone ~s to do something, they agree to do it, but in a way which shows that they think they are better than other people and should not have to do it.
When he ~ed to speak, he contradicted himself three or four times in the space of half an hour.
VERB: V to-inf disapproval
2.
If you say that someone ~s to other people, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
Don’t ~ to me.
VERB: V to n, also V disapproval