PATRONIZE
\pˈatɹənˌa͡ɪz], \pˈatɹənˌaɪz], \p_ˈa_t_ɹ_ə_n_ˌaɪ_z]\
Definitions of PATRONIZE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To act as guardian towards; support; to treat with condescension; frequent as a customer.
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Patronising.
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Patronisingly.
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Patronizer.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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