patronized

Verb

patronize (third-person singular simple present patronizes, present participle patronizing, simple past and past participle patronized)

1. (transitive) To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
   • A great perſonage aſked lord S——h, how the citizens came to patronize ſuch a profligate as Wilkes. His lordſhip replied, "They would patronize the devil, if he aſſiſted them to pull down a miniſter."[1773], [Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield], Lord Chesterfield’s Witticisms; or, The Grand Pantheon of Genius, Sentiment, and Taste. […] , London: Printed for Richard Snagg, […]; J. Mariner...

   Synonyms:

   enpatron, patrocinate

2. (transitive) To be a customer of (an establishment), especially a regular customer.
   • "A chearful glaſs, then," ſaid Sir Sedley, "you think horridly intolerable?" […] "Well, the glaſs is not what I patroniſe," ſaid Sir Theophilus; "it hips me ſo conſumedly the next day; no, I can't patroniſe the glaſs." / "Not patroniſe wine?" cried Lord Newford; "O hang it! O curſe it! that's too...1796, [Frances Burney], “Traits of Character”, in Camilla: Or, A Picture of Youth. […] In Five Volumes, volume III, London: Printed for T[homas] Payne, […]; and T[homas] Cadell Jun. and W. Davies...
3. (transitive) To treat condescendingly; to talk down to.
   • Near-synonyms: condescend, infantilize, denigrate

   Synonyms:

   condescend, infantilize, denigrate

4. (obsolete, transitive) To blame, to reproach.
   • This leads us to conſider how a good, and underſtanding Perſon ought to behave himſelf, when the Caſe happens, that ſome things are preſcribed in a Church which he himſelf thinks lawful, but others pretend they do not; […] whether it is his Duty to inveigh againſt the Governours of this Church, and...1703, Benjamin Hoadly, The Reasonableness of Conformity to the Church of England, Represented to the Dissenting Ministers. […], 2nd corrected edition, part I, London: Printed for Tim[othy] Childe...