Word Meanings - ENPATRON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. Shak.

Related words: (words related to ENPATRON)

• PATRONIZING
  Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly, adv. Thackeray.
• PATRONYMIC
  Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
• PATRONIZER
  One who patronizes.
• TOWARDS
  See TOWARD
• PATRONAL
  Patron; protecting; favoring. Sir T. Browne.
• PATRONATE
  The right or duty of a patron; patronage. Westm. Rev.
• PATRONIZE
  1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid. The idea has been patronized by two States only. A. Hamilton. 3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as,
• PATRONOMAYOLOGY
  That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.
• PATRONIZATION
  The act of patronizing; patronage; support.
• PATRONYMICAL
  See PATRONYMIC
• PATRONLESS
  Destitute of a patron.
• PATRON
  One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. 5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint. (more info) 1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. "Patron of my life and liberty." Shak. "The patron of true holiness." Spenser.
• PATRONESS
  A female patron or helper. Spenser. Night, best patroness of grief. Milton.
• PATRONAGE
  The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. Blackstone. (more info) 1. Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to
• TOWARD; TOWARDS
  1. In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak. 2. With direction to, in a moral sense; with respect or reference to; regarding; concerning. His eye shall be evil
• ENPATRON
  To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize. Shak.
• TRANSPATRONIZE
  To transfer the patronage of. Warner.
• IMPATRONIZE
  To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory. Bacon.
• IMPATRONIZATION
  Absolute seignory or possession; the act of investing with such possession. Cotgrave.