What is the meaning of condescend?

Behave in a patronizing and condescending manner.
Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity.
- synonyms: deign, descend
Debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way.
- usage: "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"
- synonyms: stoop, lower oneself
Treat condescendingly.
- synonyms: patronize, patronise

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