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Webster 1913 Edition
Patronize
Pa′tron-ize
,Verb.
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 equalsWebster 1828 Edition
Patronize
PAT'RONIZE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To favor; to lend aid to promote; as an undertaking.2.
To maintain; to defend; to support. This idea has been patronized by two states only.