Patronize
Pronunciation : Pa"tron*ize
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Patronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Patronizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913