noun

1. a person or thing considered worthy of imitation or copying
2. a model or plan used as a guide in making things; set of forms to the shape of which material is cut for assembly into the finished article a dress pattern
3. the full-scale model used in making a sand mold for casting metal
4. something representing a class or type; example; sample
5. an arrangement of form; disposition of parts or elements; design wallpaper patterns, the pattern of a novel
6. a regular, mainly unvarying way of acting or doing behavior patterns
7. a predictable or prescribed route, movement, etc. traffic pattern, landing pattern
8. 1. grouping or distribution, as of a number of bullets fired at a mark
   2. something, as a diagram, showing such distribution
9. ☆ Now Rare sufficient material for making a garment

Etymology: ME patron < OFr patrun, patron, hence something to be imitated, pattern: see patron

transitive verb

1. to make, do, shape, or plan in imitation of a model or pattern: with on, upon, or after
2. to supply with a pattern or design; mark or decorate with a pattern