PATTERN

I. noun Etymology: Middle English patron, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin patronus Date: 14th century a form or model proposed for imitation ; exemplar , something designed or used as a model for making things , an artistic, musical, literary, or mechanical design or form, a natural or chance configuration , a length of fabric sufficient for an article (as of clothing), 6. the distribution of shrapnel, bombs on a target, or shot from a shotgun, the grouping made on a target by bullets, a reliable sample of traits, acts, tendencies, or other observable characteristics of a person, group, or institution , 8. the flight path prescribed for an airplane that is coming in for a landing, a prescribed route to be followed by a pass receiver in football, test ~ , a discernible coherent system based on the intended interrelationship of component parts , frequent or widespread incidence , see: model ~ed adjective ~less adjective II. verb Date: circa 1586 transitive verb 1. dialect chiefly England match , imitate , to make, adapt, or fashion according to a ~, to furnish, adorn, or mark with a design, intransitive verb to form a ~