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pa·tron·ize (pā′trə nīz′, pa′-)

transitive verb patronized -·ized′, patronizing -·iz′·ing

  1. to act as a patron toward; sponsor; support
  2. to be kind or helpful to, but in a haughty or snobbish way, as if dealing with an inferior
  3. to be a regular customer of (a store, merchant, etc.)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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