condescend

To come down or go down; to descend.

To ſtoop to any ſordid lovv Action, is to imitate the Kite, vvhich flyeth high in the Air, yet vouchſafes to condeſcend to Carrion upon the Ground.

To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.

The boss condescended not to sack him after much persuasion from his coworkers.

Truli I knowe him [the Devil] to wel, and haue obeyed him a little to much in condiſcenting to ſome folies.

To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.

Miss Crawley's graciousness was also remarkable. She continued her raptures about little Amelia, talked about her before her face as if she were a doll, or a servant, or a picture, and admired her with the most benevolent wonder possible. I admire that admiration which the genteel world sometimes extends to the commonalty. There is no more agreeable object in life than to see May Fair folks condescending.

"You must know," said Estella, condescending to me as a brilliant and beautiful woman might, "that I have no heart—if that has anything to do with my memory."

Chiefly followed by on or upon: to go into detail; to particularize, to specify.

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.

To agree to something; to accede, to assent, to consent; also, to reach an agreement.

Than were they condeſended that Kyng Arthure and syr mordred ſhold mete betwyxte bothe theyr hooſtes and eueryche of them shold brynge fourtene persones […]

Careles and shamlesse, / Thriftles and gracelesse, / Together are bended, / And so condyscended, / That the commune welth / Shall neuer haue good helth, […]