Dictionary entry

Matronize

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Mat″ron‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Matronized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Matronizing (?).] 1. To make a matron of; to make matronlike.

Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits. Richardson.

2. To act the part of a matron toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.