Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.