Patrocinate transitive verb [ Latin patrocinatus , past participle of patrocinari to patronize, from patronus patron.] To support; to patronize. [ Obsolete] Urquhart.

Patrocination noun The act of patrocinating or patronizing. [ Obsolete] " Patrocinations of treason." Bp. Hall.

Patrociny noun [ Latin patrocinium .] [ Obsolete] See Patrocination .

Patrol intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Patrolled ; present participle & verbal noun Patrolling .] [ French patrouiller , O. & Prov. French patrouiller to paddle, paw about, patrol, from patte a paw; confer Dutch poot paw, German pfote , and English pat , v.] To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

Patrol v. t To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman; as, to patrol a frontier; to patrol a beat.

Patrol noun [ French patrouille , Old French patouille . See Patrol , intransitive verb ]
1. (Mil.) (a) A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts. (b) A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts. (c) The guard or men who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.

2. Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the men thus guarding; as, a customs patrol ; a fire patrol .

In France there is an army of patrols to secure her fiscal regulations.

A. Hamilton.

Patrol noun See Boy Scout .

Patrole noun & v. See Patrol , noun & v.

Patrolman noun ; plural Patrolmen One who patrols; a watchman; especially, a policeman who patrols a particular precinct of a town or city.

Patron noun [ French, from Latin patronus , from pater a father. See Paternal , and confer Patroon , Padrone , Pattern .]
1. One who protects, supports, or countenances; a defender. " Patron of my life and liberty." Shak. "The patron of true holiness." Spenser.

2. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A master who had freed his slave, but still retained some paternal rights over him. (b) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself. (c) An advocate or pleader.

Let him who works the client wrong
Beware the patron 's ire.

Macaulay.

3. One who encourages or helps a person, a cause, or a work; a furtherer; a promoter; as, a patron of art.

4. (Eccl. Law) One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [ Eng.]

5. A guardian saint. -- called also patron saint .

6. (Nautical) See Padrone , 2.

Patrons of Husbandry , the grangers. See Granger , 2.

Patron transitive verb To be a patron of; to patronize; to favor. [ Obsolete] Sir T. Browne.

Patron adjective Doing the duty of a patron; giving aid or protection; tutelary. Dryden.

Patron saint (R. C. Ch.) , a saint regarded as the peculiar protector of a country, community, church, profession, etc., or of an individual.

Patronage noun [ French patronage . Confer Late Latin patronaticum , and Latin patronatus .]
1. Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author.

2. Business custom. [ Commercial Cant]

3. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. Addison.

4. The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor.

5. (Eng. Law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. Blackstone.

Patronage transitive verb To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Patronal adjective [ Latin patronalis ; confer French patronal .] Patron; protecting; favoring. [ R.] Sir T. Browne.

Patronate noun [ Latin patronatus .] The right or duty of a patron; patronage. [ R.] Westm. Rev.

Patroness noun [ Confer French patronnesse .] A female patron or helper. Spenser.

Night, best patroness of grief.

Milton.

Patronization noun The act of patronizing; patronage; support. [ R.]

Patronize transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Patronized ; present participle & verbal noun Patronizing .]
1. To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.

The idea has been patronized by two States only.

A. Hamilton.

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.

Patronizer noun One who patronizes.

Patronizing adjective Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a superior toward another. -- Pat"ron*i`zing*ly , adverb Thackeray.

Patronless adjective Destitute of a patron.

Patronomayology noun [ Greek ..., ..., a father + English onomatology .] That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.

Patronymic adjective [ Latin patronymicus , Greek ...; ... father + ... name: confer French patronymique .] Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.

Patronymic noun [ Greek ....] A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides , the son of Peleus; Johnson , the son of John; Macdonald , the son of Donald; Paulowitz , the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name. M. A. Lower.

Patronymical adjective Same as Patronymic .

Patroon noun [ Dutch patroon a patron, a protector. See Patron .] One of the proprietors of certain tracts of land with manorial privileges and right of entail, under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.

Patroonship noun The office of a patroon. Irving.

Patté, Pattee adjective [ French patté , fem. pattée , from patte paw, foot. Confer Patten .] (Her.) Narrow at the inner, and very broad at the other, end, or having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See Illust. (8) of Cross . [ Written also paté , patee .]

Pattemar noun See Patamar .

Patten noun [ French patin a high- heeled shoe, from patte paw, foot. Confer Panton , Patté .]
1. A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud.

The patten now supports each frugal dame.

Gay.

2. A stilt. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Pattened adjective Wearing pattens. "Some pattened girl." Jane Austen.

Patter intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pattered ; present participle & verbal noun Pattering .] [ Freq. of pat to strike gently.]
1. To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard.

Thomson.

2. To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips. Tyndale. [ In this sense, and in the following, perhaps from pater noster.]

3. To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue. [ Colloq.]

I've gone out and pattered to get money.

Mayhew.

Patter transitive verb
1. To spatter; to sprinkle. [ R.] "And patter the water about the boat." J. R. Drake.

2. [ See Patter , intransitive verb , 2.] To mutter; as prayers.

[ The hooded clouds] patter their doleful prayers.

Longfellow.

To patter flash , to talk in thieves' cant. [ Slang]

Patter noun
1. A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.

2. Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.

3. The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter ; gypsies' patter .

Patter noun The language or oratory of a street peddler, conjurer, or the like, hence, glib talk; a voluble harangue; mere talk; chatter; also, specif., rapid speech, esp. as sometimes introduced in songs. [ Cant or Colloq.]

Patterer noun One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler. [ Cant, Eng.]

Pattern noun [ Middle English patron , French patron , a patron, also, a pattern. See Patron .]
1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.

I will be the pattern of all patience.

Shak.

2. A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.

He compares the pattern with the whole piece.

Swift.

3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern .

4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern .

5. Something made after a model; a copy. Shak.

The patterns of things in the heavens.

Hebrew ix. 23.

6. Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern .

7. (Founding) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.

Pattern box , chain , or cylinder (Figure Weaving) , devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure. -- Pattern card . (a) A set of samples on a card . (b) (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus. -- Pattern reader , one who arranges textile patterns. -- Pattern wheel (Horology) , a count- wheel.

Pattern transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Patterned ; present participle & verbal noun Patterning .]
1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. Milton.

[ A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise.

Sir T. Herbert.

2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.

To pattern after , to imitate; to follow.

Pattern noun (Gun.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.

Pattinson's process (Metal.) A process of desilverizing argentiferous lead by repeated meltings and skimmings, which concentrate the silver in the molten bath, the final skimmings being nearly pure lad. The processwas invented in 1833 by Hugh Lee Pattinson , an English metallurgist.

Patty noun ; plural Patties . [ French pâté . See Pasty .] A little pie.

Pattypan noun
1. A pan for baking patties.

2. A patty. [ Obsolete]

Patulous adjective [ Latin patulus , from patere to be open, extend.] Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as, a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers.

The eyes are large and patulous .

Sir J. Hill.

Pau noun See Pah .

Pauciloquent adjective Uttering few words; brief in speech. [ R.]

Pauciloquy noun [ Latin pauciloquium ; paucus little + loqui to speak.] Brevity in speech. [ R.]

Paucispiral adjective [ Latin paucus few + English spiral .] (Zoology) Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell.

Paucity noun [ Latin paucitas , from paucus few, little: confer French paucité See Few .]
1. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity. Hooker.

Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the paucity , and the incompleteness, of its communications.

I. Taylor.

2. Smallnes of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood. Sir T. Browne.

Paugie, Paugy noun ; plural Paugies . [ Corrupted from Amer. Indian mishcuppauog . See Scup .] (Zoology) The scup. See Porgy , and Scup .