The Collaborative International Dictionary
Matronizing
Matronize \Mat"ron*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Matronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Matronizing.]
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To make a matron of; to make matronlike.
Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits.
--Richardson. To act the part of a matron toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.
Wiktionary
matronizing
vb. (present participle of matronize English)