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enpatron

enpatron verb: to act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.

Verb

enpatron (third-person singular simple present enpatrons, present participle enpatroning, simple past and past participle enpatroned)

  1. (nonce-word, obsolete, transitive) To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.
    • Since I their Aulter, you enpatrone me.1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC

Forms of enpatron

third-person singular presentenpatrons
present participleenpatroning
past participleenpatroned
pastenpatroned

Origin of enpatron

From en- + patron.

Questions about enpatron

What does enpatron mean?
Enpatron means to act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.
What part of speech is enpatron?
Enpatron is a verb.
What is the past tense of enpatron?
The past tense of enpatron is enpatroned.

Words near enpatron in the dictionary

  1. enoxolone
  2. enoxysilane
  3. enoxysilanes
  4. enoyl
  5. enoyls
  6. enpatron
  7. enphytotic
  8. enphytotics
  9. enpierce
  10. enpierced
  11. enpierces

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