patronize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: patronize	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for patronize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
patronize v assume sponsorship of [syn: sponsor, patronize, patronise] do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of Synonym(s): patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor Antonym(s): boycott treat condescendingly Synonym(s): patronize, patronise, condescend be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could" Synonym(s): patronize, patronise, patronage, support, keep going
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Patronize \Pa"tronize\, 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.