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What does condescend mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word condescend? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
  2. (intransitive) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).
  3. (transitive, rare, possibly nonstandard) To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To consent, agree.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To come down.
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At dinner in a ghetto restaurant, where Bigger is known, neither Mary nor Jan realizes the extent to which they at once condescend to Bigger and violate his sensitivities.
The witness did not, however, condescend to describe the form the cut tobacco took.
I think there's a tendency in American art to really condescend to children, and make sure that the message is laid on thickly.
The well-intentioned results condescend to both artists and businesspeople while shedding no light on either world.
He knew that as long as there was studio financing, any film he made for the black community would have to condescend to whites.
Kids demand shows that are smart and have lots of action and they remember if you condescend to them.

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