Cŏn'de-scĕnd', v. i.
v. i. [imp. & p. p. CONDESCENDED; p. pr. & vb. n. CONDESCENDING.] [Fr. condescendre, Pr. condeȝȝendre, Sp. condescender, It. & L. Lat. condescendere, from Lat. con and descendere. See DESCEND.]
Sense 1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to yield; to submit; to relinquish rank, or dignity of character.
Can they think me so broken or debased With corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will condescend to such absurd commands? Milton.
Sense 2. To recede from one's rights in negotiation, or common intercourse, to do some act which strict justice does not require.
Spain's mighty monarch, In gracious clemency, does condescend, On these conditions, to become your friend. Dryden.
Sense 3. To consent. [Obs.]
All parties willingly condescended hereunto. Carey.
Synonyms—To yield; submit; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.