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impatronizing

impatronizing is the present participle and gerund of impatronize.

Meaning of impatronize

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...

Questions about impatronizing

What is impatronizing the present participle and gerund of?
Impatronizing is the present participle and gerund of impatronize.

Words near impatronizing in the dictionary

  1. impatientness
  2. impatriotic
  3. impatronize
  4. impatronized
  5. impatronizes
  6. impatronizing
  7. impave
  8. impaved
  9. impaves
  10. impavid
  11. impavidity

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