Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to patronize
Participle: patronized
Gerund: patronizing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | patronize |
| you | patronize |
| he;she;it | patronizes |
| we | patronize |
| you | patronize |
| they | patronize |
Perfect
| I | have patronized |
| you | have patronized |
| he;she;it | has patronized |
| we | have patronized |
| you | have patronized |
| they | have patronized |
Past
| I | patronized |
| you | patronized |
| he;she;it | patronized |
| we | patronized |
| you | patronized |
| they | patronized |
Pluperfect
| I | had patronized |
| you | had patronized |
| he;she;it | had patronized |
| we | had patronized |
| you | had patronized |
| they | had patronized |
Future
| I | will patronize |
| you | will patronize |
| he;she;it | will patronize |
| we | will patronize |
| you | will patronize |
| they | will patronize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have patronized |
| you | will have patronized |
| he;she;it | will have patronized |
| we | will have patronized |
| you | will have patronized |
| they | will have patronized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | patronize |
| you | patronize |
| he;she;it | patronize |
| we | patronize |
| you | patronize |
| they | patronize |
Perfect
| I | have patronized |
| you | have patronized |
| he;she;it | have patronized |
| we | have patronized |
| you | have patronized |
| they | have patronized |
Imperfect
| I | patronized |
| you | patronized |
| he;she;it | patronized |
| we | patronized |
| you | patronized |
| they | patronized |
Pluperfect
| I | had patronized |
| you | had patronized |
| he;she;it | had patronized |
| we | had patronized |
| you | had patronized |
| they | had patronized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would patronize |
| you | would patronize |
| he;she;it | would patronize |
| we | would patronize |
| you | would patronize |
| they | would patronize |
Perfect
| I | would have patronized |
| you | would have patronized |
| he;she;it | would have patronized |
| we | would have patronized |
| you | would have patronized |
| they | would have patronized |
Imperative
| you | patronize |
| we | Let's patronize |
| you | patronize |
Verbs conjugated like 'patronize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'patronize'
matronize,
patronise,
cationize,
hadronize,
impatronize,
matronise,
parodize,
parrotize,
patinize,
patriotize,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1589, "to act as a patron towards," from patron (q.v.). Meaning "treat in a condescending way" is first attested 1797; sense of "give regular business to" is 1801.
2. From patron + -ize (verb ending); or from Old French patroniser, from Medieval Latin patronizāre (“to lead a galley as patron”). Piecewise doublet of patternize.
Sample Sentences
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“ It's all nonsense to talk to me about slaves _enjoying_ all this ! To this day, I have no patience with the unutterable trash that some of your patronizing Northerners have made up, as in their zeal to apologize for our sins. We all know better. Tell me that any man living wants to work all his days, from day-dawn till dark, under the constant eye of a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)