matronize

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"But he said that he was going with his wife, and that if we would come along she could matronize us both.

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  1. To render matronly. Childbed matronizes the giddiest spirits. Richardson, Familiar Letters.
  2. To act as a mother to; assume the manner of a matron toward; specifically, to chaperon. She … brought her to Boston to matronize her. Howells, Modern Instance, xxi.
  3. Also spelled matronise.

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