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PATRONIZE
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
patronize (third-person singular simple present patronizes, present participle patronizing, simple past and past participle patronized)
(transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
Synonyms: enpatron (obsolete), patrocinate (obsolete)
(transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
Synonyms: condescend, infantilize
(transitive, obsolete) To blame, to reproach.
Coordinate terms
• matronize
Anagrams
• prazitone
Source: Wiktionary
Pa"tron*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Patronizing.]
1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid. The idea has been patronized by two States only. A. Hamilton.
2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. [Commercial Cant]
3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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