patronize
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- When you patronize someone, you become a patron and you often support him/her.
- He patronized the downtown restaurant.
- When you patronize someone, you talk to the person as if he/she is worse off than you and you do not treat the person with much respect.
- When you patronize a business, you become a regular customer.