2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
patronize
v 1: assume sponsorship of [syn: {sponsor}]
2: do one's shopping at do business with be a customer or
client of [syn: {shop}, {shop at}, {buy at}, {frequent}, {sponsor}]
[ant: {boycott}]
3: treat condescendingly [syn: {condescend}]
4: be a customer or client of "We patronize this store" [syn:
{patronage}, {support}]
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