Definitions for: Matronize

Webster (1913) Definition: 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 marton toward; to superintend; to
chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.