"patronize : (transitive) To make a patron. (transitive) To act as a patron; to defend, protect, or..."

“patronize : (transitive) To make a patron.
(transitive) To act as a patron; to defend, protect, or support.
(transitive) To assume a tone of unjustified superiority; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
(transitive) To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.”

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/patronize#English

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