'Matronize' definitions:

Definition of 'Matronize'

From: GCIDE
  • Matronize \Mat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Matronizing.]
  • 1. To make a matron of; to make matronlike. [1913 Webster]
  • Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits. --Richardson. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To act the part of a matron toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly. [1913 Webster]