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impatronize

impatronize verb: to make lord, ruler or master.

Verb

impatronize (third-person singular simple present impatronizes, present participle impatronizing, simple past and past participle impatronized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make lord, ruler or master.
    • He saw plainly the ambition of the French king was to impatronize himself of the duchy1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...

Forms of impatronize

third-person singular presentimpatronizes
present participleimpatronizing
past participleimpatronized
pastimpatronized
alternative formimpatronise

Origin of impatronize

From Middle French impatroniser. By surface analysis, im- + patron + -ize.

Questions about impatronize

What does impatronize mean?
Impatronize means to make lord, ruler or master.
What part of speech is impatronize?
Impatronize is a verb.
What is the past tense of impatronize?
The past tense of impatronize is impatronized.

Words near impatronize in the dictionary

  1. impatiens
  2. impatient
  3. impatiently
  4. impatientness
  5. impatriotic
  6. impatronize
  7. impatronized
  8. impatronizes
  9. impatronizing
  10. impave
  11. impaved

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