Meanings
verbimpatronize (third-person singular simple present impatronizes, present participle impatronizing, simple past and past participle impatronized)
present singular third person impatronizes · participle present impatronizing · participle past impatronized · past impatronized · alternative impatronise
- archaictransitiveTo make lord, ruler or master.
He saw plainly the ambition of the French king was to impatronize himself of the duchy
1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC
Origin
- Middle Frenchimpatroniser
- Englishimpatronize
From Middle French impatroniser. By surface analysis, im- + patron + -ize.
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APA
impatronize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impatronize
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“impatronize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impatronize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impatronize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impatronize.
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