Hypertext Webster Gateway: "patronized"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Patronize \Pa"tron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Patronized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Patronizing}.]
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.
2. To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
[Commercial Cant]
3. To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and
protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to
patronize one's equals.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
patronized
adj : having patronage or clients; "street full of flourishing
well-patronized shops" [syn: {patronised}] [ant: {unpatronized}]
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