condescend

debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way

Latin condescendere, to come down, yield, from com- + descendere to go down

“She would not condescend to allude to the unutterable wretchedness afflicting her, but spoke of her duty to her father being foremost in her prayers for strength.”

— George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith

“Botkin, to whose delusions John Shade and the rest of the faculty of Wordsmith College generally condescend.”