\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.