ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
1620. J. Beale, Ded., in Hieron’s Serm., etc., I. ¶ 2. The author of this present volume … left not only some members of it vnpatroniz’d, but the whole frame without a generall sustainer.
1661. Rawley, Resuscitatio (ed. 2), Ded. a j. This unpatroniz’d Booke.
1751. Johnson, Rambler, No. 120, ¶ 11. Unpatronized and unsupported, he cleared himself by the openness of innocence.
1814. Scott, Wav., ii. The young officer … rose in the army with a rapidity far surpassing the usual pace of unpatronized professional merit.
1865. Mill, Repr. Govt., vii. 158. Those who are desirous of voting for unpatronized persons of merit.
