condescend

mastery
UK /ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd/ US /ˌkɑndəˈsɛnd/verb

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What does 'condescend upon' mean in this sentence?

The whole of his work consists of digested and transformed experience presented to you under arrangements new to himself. It is all true, except as to "the way it is put," and you feel that it is true—that is, if the work be good of the kind; but you can not "condescend upon particulars" as to when and where it all happened.