condescended

When he had hammered his fingers a good deal and the tacks a little the tacks consented to hold up the curtain, or the curtain condescended to be held up by the tacks.

The House of Arden Edith 1923

Sometimes her cousin condescended to enjoy a sail of a summer's evening, but for the most part Asahel and Elizabeth went alone.

The Hills of the Shatemuc 1856

The ambition of Temugin condescended to employ the arts of superstition; and it was from a naked prophet, who could ascend to heaven on a white horse, that he accepted the title of Zingis,

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Saladin condescended to complain; rejoiced in the denial of justice, and at the head of fourscore thousand horse and foot invaded the Holy Land.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

No man of any literary name condescended even to the pretence of religion; but in England, infidelity was a stigma; when it began to take a public form, it was only in the vilest quarter; and when it assailed religion, it was instantly put down at once by the pen, by the law, and by the more decisive tribunal of national opinion.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various

He condescended, that is, to put on record the life of the robber Tilliborus.

Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 of Samosata Lucian 1894

NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday took a dig at the BJP for implying that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi had "condescended" on the judiciary by appearing before the SIT, wondering whether it would say the same thing if Dawood Ibrahim was brought before the law.

The Times of India 2010

Congress today took a dig at the BJP for implying that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had "condescended" on the judiciary by appearing before the SIT, wondering whether it would say the same thing if Dawood Ibrahim was brought before the law.

Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2010

"condescended" to reason together about slavery and the treatment of the colored people.

The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War Carter Godwin Woodson 1912

Because if there is anything that young kids love, it's being pandered or condescended to.

Scott Mendelson: Oscar 2011: Don't blame James Franco and Anne Hathaway, blame the writers. Scott Mendelson 2011