Word Meanings - ENPATRON - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. Shak.
Related words: (words related to ENPATRON)
- PATRONIZING
Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly, adv. Thackeray. - PATRONYMIC
Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination. - PATRONIZER
One who patronizes. - TOWARDS
See TOWARD - PATRONAL
Patron; protecting; favoring. Sir T. Browne. - PATRONATE
The right or duty of a patron; patronage. Westm. Rev. - PATRONIZE
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. 3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, - PATRONOMAYOLOGY
That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics. - PATRONIZATION
The act of patronizing; patronage; support. - PATRONYMICAL
See PATRONYMIC - PATRONLESS
Destitute of a patron. - PATRON
One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. 5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint. (more info) 1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. "Patron of my life and liberty." Shak. "The patron of true holiness." Spenser. - PATRONESS
A female patron or helper. Spenser. Night, best patroness of grief. Milton. - PATRONAGE
The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. Blackstone. (more info) 1. Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to - TOWARD; TOWARDS
1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil - ENPATRON
To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. Shak. - TRANSPATRONIZE
To transfer the patronage of. Warner. - IMPATRONIZE
To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory. Bacon. - IMPATRONIZATION
Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession. Cotgrave.