patrocinate

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English

Etymology

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

Verb

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

References

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

patrocinate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

patrocinate f pl

  1. feminine plural of patrocinato

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

patrocinate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of patrocinar combined with te
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