MATRONIZED

Verb

matronized

simple past tense and past participle of matronize

Source: Wiktionary


MATRONIZE

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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