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.
Aspe's availability is also engendering a certain amount of excitement on Wall Street - though it is not known if he would condescend to work for the gringos. In any event, Aspe has not, unlike many of his predecessors, left office fabulously wealthy.