Matronized

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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