Obs. Also 6–7 -discent. [f. CONDESCEND, after DESCENT (F. descente).]
1. Consent, agreement; assent, compliance.
c. 1460. Play Sacram., 123. Me dare they nat dysplese by no condescent.
1540. Act 32 Hen. VIII., c. 14. Euery such conclusion, couenant, bargain, condiscent and agreement shal stand.
1633. Bp. Hall, Hard Texts N. T., 352. In a gracious condescent and approbation.
1689. Treat. Monarchy, I. ii. 7. This is an after condescent and act of grace.
2. Condescension; act of condescending.
a. 1638. Mede, Wks., I. xl. 221. The third Circumstance is God’s condescent unto man, in that … he comes himself in person.
1653. H. More, Conject. Cabbal. (1713), 235. It is a condescent and debasement for the present.
1675. M. Barne, Serm., 17 Oct. (1685), 5. By a wonderful Condescent, He accommodated his Doctrines to the Reason … of his Auditors.
