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patrocinate (third-person singular simple present patrocinates, present participle patrocinating, simple past and past participle patrocinated)

1. (obsolete) To support; to patronize.
   • 1653-1693, Thomas Urquhart, The Works of Rabelais:

     But preach it up, and patrocinate it, prattle on it , and defend it as much as you will

参照

• “patrocinate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.