Definition of Patranize
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- make a patron
- Treat as inferior unduly, talk down to, treat condescendingly.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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