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

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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

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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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