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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.

 

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