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Webster 1913 Edition


Patronize

Pa′tron-ize

,
Verb.
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Patronize

PAT'RONIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To support; to countenance; to defend; as a patron his client.
1.
To favor; to lend aid to promote; as an undertaking.
2.
To maintain; to defend; to support.
This idea has been patronized by two states only.

Definition 2024


patronize

patronize

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patronize (third-person singular simple present patronizes, present participle patronizing, simple past and past participle patronized)

  1. (transitive) To make a patron.
  2. (transitive) To act as a patron; to protect, defend, support.
  3. (transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority; to talk down to; to treat condescendingly.
  4. (transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.

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