PATRONISE

patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going

(verb) be a regular customer or client of; “We patronize this store”; “Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could”

patronize, patronise, condescend

(verb) treat condescendingly

sponsor, patronize, patronise

(verb) assume sponsorship of

patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor

(verb) do one’s shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

patronise (third-person singular simple present patronises, present participle patronising, simple past and past participle patronised)

(British spelling) Alternative form of patronize

Anagrams

• apertions, atropines, isopteran, spirotane

Source: Wiktionary



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16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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