Emily Dickinson Lexicon

condescend (condescended), v. [Fr. < L. condēscend-ere, stoop; see descend, v.] (webplay: friend, high).

Deign; consent; submit to inferiors; humbly draw near to another; voluntarily descend to a lower station in life; willingly go beneath one's normal level of dignity; [fig.] agree; be approachable.