condescendest

Verb

condescend (third-person singular simple present condescends, present participle condescending, simple past and past participle condescended)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To come down or go down; to descend.
   • 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.1680, W[illiam] de Britaine, “Sect[ion] XXII. Of the Man of Honour.”, in Humane Prudence, or The Art by which a Man may Raise Himself and His Fortune to Grandeur. […], 9th edition, London: […]...
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.
   • The boss condescended not to sack him after much persuasion from his coworkers.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To treat someone as though inferior; to talk down to someone; to patronize.
   • Miss Crawley's graciousness was also remarkable. She continued her raptures about little Amelia, talked about her before her face as if she were a doll, or a servant, or a picture, and admired her with the most benevolent wonder possible. I admire that admiration which the genteel world sometimes...1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Miss Crawley at Home”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 123
4. (figuratively, intransitive) Chiefly followed by on or upon: to go into detail; to particularize, to specify.
   • 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 kind; but you can not "condescend upon particulars" as to when...1880 February, Henry Holbeach, “The New Fiction”, in The Contemporary Review, volume XXXVII, London: Strahan & Company […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 249
5. (figuratively, intransitive, obsolete) To agree to something; to accede, to assent, to consent; also, to reach an agreement.
   • Than were they condeſended that Kyng Arthure and syr mordred ſhold mete betwyxte bothe theyr hooſtes and eueryche of them shold brynge fourtene persones […][1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum iiij”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book XXI (in Middle English), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC, leaf 423, recto...

   Antonyms:

   discondescend

6. (figuratively, intransitive, obsolete) To give way or yield in a deferential manner; to be amenable or compliant.
   • 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: […]1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, “The Tragicall Historye of Gregorius VII. otherwise Named Hildebrand”, in Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn...

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