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Patronize   /pˈeɪtrənˌaɪz/  /pˈætrənˌaɪz/   Listen
Patronize

verb
(past & past part. patronized; pres. part. patronizing)
1.
Assume sponsorship of.  Synonyms: patronise, sponsor.
2.
Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of.  Synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, shop, shop at, sponsor.  Antonym: boycott.
3.
Treat condescendingly.  Synonyms: condescend, patronise.
4.
Be a regular customer or client of.  Synonyms: keep going, patronage, patronise, support.  "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"






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"Patronize" Quotes from Famous Books



... Or that so fond I am of being Sire, I'll father bastards; or if need require, I'll tell a lye in print, to get applause. I scorn it; John such dirt-heap never was Since God converted him. Let this suffice To shew why I my Pilgrim patronize. ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Vol. XVII. No. 469. Saturday January 1, 1831 • Various

... jewelry, chariots, good furniture. In certain sections, too, may be seen strong-voiced individuals, with little trays swung by straps before them, pacing to and fro, and calling out, not foods, but medicines, infallible cure-alls for every human distemper. Many are the unwary fools who patronize them. ...
— A Day In Old Athens • William Stearns Davis

... our separation: go on, and confirm by your wisdom the fruits of our joint councils, joint efforts, and common dangers; reverence religion, diffuse knowledge throughout your land, patronize the arts and sciences; let Liberty and Order be inseparable companions. Control party spirit, the bane of free governments; observe good faith to, and cultivate peace with all nations, shut up every avenue to foreign influence, contract rather than extend national connection, ...
— Southern Literature From 1579-1895 • Louise Manly

... students from many States. The village of Chapel Hill, depending on the existence of the University for its support, became almost deserted. No less than thirty of its best families removed within two years. The people of North Carolina refused to patronize the new organization, and the institution was ...
— School History of North Carolina • John W. Moore

... school, to be located in the eastern part of the state of New York. In July of that year he wrote to a friend: "We have had; no little talk here within a few days respecting a new theological school. Many of us think favorably of the plan, and are disposed to patronize it, if feasible, but are a little fearful that it is not. Others start strong objections to it in toto. Something must be done to gain us an increase of ministers."[1] This proposition came from the Christians, and their plan was to locate the ...
— Unitarianism in America • George Willis Cooke


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