transpatronize

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pa⋅tron⋅ize

[pey-truh-nahyz, pa‑]

–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.

1.	to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.

2.	to behave in an offensively condescending manner toward: a professor who patronizes his students.

3.	to act as a patron toward (an artist, institution, etc.); support.

Also, especially British, pa⋅tron⋅ise.

Origin:
1580–90; patron + -ize

Related forms:

pa⋅tron⋅iz⋅a⋅ble, adjective

pa⋅tron⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun

pa⋅tron⋅iz⋅er, noun

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patronize

1589, "to act as a patron towards," from patron (q.v.). Meaning "treat in a condescending way" is first attested 1797; sense of "give regular business to" is 1801.

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