Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Condescend \Con`de*scend"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Condescended};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Condescending}.] [F. condescendre, LL.
   condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See {Descend}.]
   1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to
      waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate
      one's self to an inferior. ``Condescend to men of low
      estate.'' --Rom. xii. 16.

            Can they think me so broken, so debased With
            corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will
            condescend to such absurd commands?   --Milton.

            Spain's mighty monarch, In gracious clemency, does
            condescend, On these conditions, to become your
            friend.                               --Dryden.

   Note: Often used ironically, implying an assumption of
         superiority.

               Those who thought they were honoring me by
               condescending to address a few words to me. --F.
                                                  W. Robinson.

   2. To consent. [Obs.]

            All parties willingly condescended heruento. --R.
                                                  Carew.

   Syn: To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.