patronize
[pey-truh-nahyz, pa‐]
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verb (used with object), pa·tron·ized, pa·tron·iz·ing.
Also especially British, pa·tron·ise.
Origin of patronize
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Examples from the Web for patronised
Historical Examples of patronised
To the best of my judgment, they might be patronised out of the building in a month.
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
He came from places they had often not known about, but he patronised Lexham Gardens.
The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2Henry James
They happed to have hit upon the same saloon that Wyck patronised.
Australia RevengedBoomerang
He thought him "a simple sort of fellow" who might be patronised; that was probably why he liked him.
Virgin SoilIvan S. Turgenev
It said that you was patronised by the naval and military, and that teas was provided.
Merry-Garden and Other StoriesSir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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