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.
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