Patronize
Patronize , transitive verb
1.
To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.
The idea has been patronized by two States only.
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.