Patronize /(?)/

Pa·tron·ize

Patronize

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.