Found 2 items, similar to patronize.
English → English (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 ]
English → English (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. [1913 Webster] The idea has been patronized by two States only. --A. Hamilton. [1913 Webster] 2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer. [Commercial Cant] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]