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Found 2 items, similar to patronize.

Dictionary: dictd_www.dict.org_gcide
Definition: Patronize

Patronize \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.
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The idea has been patronized by two States only.
--A. Hamilton.
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2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
[Commercial Cant]
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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.
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Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: patronize

patronize
v 1: assume sponsorship of [syn: sponsor, patronise]
2: do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or
client of [syn: patronise, shop, shop at, buy at,
frequent, sponsor] [ant: boycott, boycott]
3: treat condescendingly [syn: patronise, condescend]
4: be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this
store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long
as he could" [syn: patronise, patronage, support, {keep
going}]