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