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verb

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1. To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.

   Synonyms:enpatronpatrocinate

2. To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.

3. To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.

   Synonyms:condescendinfantilize

4. To blame, to reproach.