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patronized

The correct spelling is patronized.

How to pronounce patronized

verb

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The correct spelling is patronized. To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.

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Definition

verb

  1. 1.To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
  2. 2.To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
  3. 3.To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
  4. 4.To blame, to reproach.

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