patrocinate

Latin patrocinatus, past participle of patrocinari (“to patronize”).

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

patrocinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

patrocinate

1. inflection of patrocinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

patrocinate f pl

1. feminine plural of patrocinato

• anatreptico