Impatronize

verb

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Definitions

Verb

1
To make lord, ruler or master. archaic, transitive
"He saw plainly the ambition of the French king was to impatronize himself of the duchy"

Example

"He saw plainly the ambition of the French king was to impatronize himself of the duchy"

Etymology

From Middle French impatroniser. By surface analysis, im- + patron + -ize.

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