Home › Words › E › enpatronenpatronenpatron · verb — to act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom en- + patron.verbTo act the part of a patron towards; to patronize.e.g.“Since I their Aulter, you enpatrone me.” — 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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.patrocinate 72% match — To support; to patronize. vs enpatron →patronate 71% match — The right or duty of a patron; patronage. vs enpatron →patronly 68% match — Befitting a patron. vs enpatron →patronship 68% match — Patronage, the act or especially the formalized state of being a backer or supporter (of something). vs enpatron →impatronize 65% match — To make lord, ruler or master. vs enpatron →copatron 63% match — A joint patron; a patron of the same person or organisation. vs enpatron →patronizer 62% match — A person who patronizes vs enpatron →patrociny 61% match — Patronage; protection. vs enpatron →