condescend

To come down or go down; to descend.intransitiveobsolete

• 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.figurativelyintransitive

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

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

• "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."
• Ermine never let any one be condescending to her, and conducted the conversation with her usual graceful good breeding, […]

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

• 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 kin

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

• 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, […]

To give way or yield in a deferential manner; to be amenable or compliant.figurativelyintransitiveobsolete

• Henricus the Emperour [Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor] fearing þᵉ vaine thūderbolt of the Popes curse, talking with his princes, and perswaded by his frendes, was fain to condescend to the vnreasonable conditions of the Pope: […]
• Theodoſius gave eare & condiſcended to his vvords, […]

To graciously give; to vouchsafe.figurativelyintransitiveobsolete

• [W]hen John [the author of the Gospel of John] asks thee [Jesus] a queſtion […] thou condeſcendeſt to a mild and full (though ſecret) ſatisfaction.

To reach a certain point; to settle on.figurativelyintransitiveobsolete

• [T]hereafter our cavalier condescendeth again to matters of fact.

To secretly make plans, usually to bring about a bad or illegal result; to conspire, to plot.figurativelyintransitiveobsolete

• [S]he perſwaded the Duke of Clarence, that it was neyther naturall, nor honorable to him eyther to condiſcende or take parte againſt the houſe of Yorke, (of which he was lineally diſcended) and to ſet vp agayne the houſe of Lancaſtre, […]

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

• I didn't mean to condescend you, Mr. Shreck.
• I'm not trying to condescend you, Ben.