verb transitiveWord forms: ˈmatronˌized or ˈmatronˌizing
1.
to make matronly
2.
to chaperon
matronize in American English
(ˈmeitrəˌnaiz) (verb-ized, -izing)
transitive verb
1.
to cause to become matronly; cause to act as, or fulfill the role of, matron
2.
to serve as a matron to; chaperon
intransitive verb
3.
to become a matron
Alsoesp Britmatronise
Word origin
[1745–55; matron + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1745–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: development, ellipse, input, recapture, symmetrical-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize)