Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PAT'RON-IZE
PAT'RON-IZE, v.t.
- To support; to countenance; to defend; as a patron his client.
- To favor; to lend aid to promote; as an undertaking. – Dryden.
- To maintain; to defend; to support. This idea has been patronized by two states only. – Hamilton.
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