condescend

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To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
(RQ:Dryden Indian Emperor) / In gracious clemency, does condescend / On these conditions, to become your friend.
(RQ:Anne Bronte Agnes Grey)
To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to down (to someone).
(RQ:Thackeray Vanity Fair)
(RQ:Dickens Great Expectations)
(quote-text)
(RQ:Chambers Younger Set)
To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to down to (someone).
To consent, agree.
(quote-book) Book XXI, Chapter iv, leaf 423r|text=''Than were they condesended that Kyng Arthure and syr mordred shold mete betwyxte bothe theyr hoostes and eueryche of them shold brynge fourtene persones''"Then were they condescended that King Arthur and Sir Mordred should meet betwixt both their hosts, and everych of them should bring fourteen persons"
(RQ:Milton Samson Agonistes)
To come down.