† impatronizev.
Obsolete.
1.
a. transitive. To put in possession of; usually reflexive to take possession, make oneself master (of, also upon).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (reflexive)]
possessa1542
impatronize1575
seize1579
the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > cause to be possessed > put in possession of
possess1475
impatronize1575
advest1611
1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 116v To confyrme to him [Abraham] his promise, and to impatronize him of that Region for and in the name of suche as should discend of him.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin x. 537 To impatronise himselfe vpon Rome and the whole estate ecclesiastike.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 388 They..cast out of Africk the Romaines..and wholie impatronized themselves of Barbarie.
1681 W. Dugdale Short View Late Troubles 611 To impatronize themselves of many Cities and Strong-holds.
b. transferred. To take possession of.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate
ownOE
rimec1275
takec1300
appropre1366
to keep, take to or for one's own storec1385
to get awayc1480
proper1496
apprehenda1522
impropry1526
impropriate1567
carve1578
forestall1581
appropriate1583
propriate1587
pocket1597
impatronize1611
propertya1616
asself1632
appropriatea1634
swallow1637
to swallow up1654
sink1699
poucha1774
spheterize1779
sack1807
fob1818
to look back to1822
mop1861
annex1865
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Impatronisé, impatronized, maistered.
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 108 To impatronize and lay hold on the Church Rents, and Ecclesiastical Goods.
1799 Monthly Mag. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1800) 3 313 We him receiving and impatronising in our Dijon Infantry.
2. To patronize, favour.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > favour > win favour with [verb (transitive)] > favour
to let well ofc1330
favour1340
to take, accept, receive in greec1374
likea1393
smilec1400
to take agreea1425
agreec1450
to fawn on, upon1477
to bear good mind toa1516
to look upon ——c1515
to look on ——1540
vouchsafe1582
conceit1589
relish1594
to look to ——1611
impatronize1629
aspect1663
sympathize1828
to put one's money on1847
1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 99 To make him away..and to substitute another that would impatronize their lawlesse and licentious misdemeanours.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > [noun] > putting in possession
impatronization1611
the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > appropriation
appropriation1393
propriation1602
appropriating1611
impatronization1611
impropriation1614
propriatinga1631
pocketing1638
picking1642
self-assumptiona1658
assumption1754
conscription1814
mopping-up1909
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Impatronisation, an impatronization; th' absolute Maisterie, Seigneurie, or possession of.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Impatronization, a putting into full possession of a Benefice.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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