| 1. | to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity. |
| 2. | to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts. |
| 3. | to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior: He condescended to their intellectual level in order to be understood. |
| 4. | Obsolete.
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con·de·scend (kŏn'dĭ-sěnd') intr.v. con·de·scend·ed, con·de·scend·ing, con·de·scends
[Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condēscendere : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + dēscendere, to descend; see descend.] con'de·scend'er n. |