enpatron

English

Etymology

en- +‎ patron

Verb

enpatron (third-person singular simple present enpatrons, present participle enpatroning, simple past and past participle enpatroned)

1. (obsolete, transitive, nonce word) To act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “A Louers Complaint”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:

     Since I their Aulter, you enpatrone me.

Anagrams

• patronne