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MATRONIZE

Definitions: MATRONIZE

MATRONIZE

Transitive verb

1. To act the part of a marton toward; to superintend; to chaperone; as, to matronize an assembly.

2. To make a matron of; to make matronlike.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "MATRONIZE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1896. (references)

Note: Matronize \Mat"ron*ize\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Matronized; present participle verb or noun Matronizing.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: MATRONIZE

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Care

Verb: be careful; Adjective: reck; take care; (be cautious); pay attention to; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after; keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize, play gooseberry; keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in sight, keep in view; mind, mind one's business.

Direction

Superintend, supervise; overlook, control, keep in order, look after, see to, legislate for; administer, ministrate; matronize; have the care of, have the charge of; be in charge of, have charge of, take the direction; boss, boss one around; pull the strings, pull the wires; rule; (command); have the direction, hold office, hold the portfolio; preside, preside at the board; take the chair, occupy the chair, be in the chair; pull the stroke oar.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: MATRONIZE

English words defined with "MATRONIZE": Matronized, Matronizing. (references)

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Rhyming with "MATRONIZE"

Words rhyming with "MATRONIZE" (pronounced 'Mat"ron*ize'): Abolitionize, Acclimatize, Acetize, Achromatize, Actualize, Adonize, Adulterize, Adverbialize, Africanize, Agatize, Agnize, Agrarianize, Albumenize, Alchemize, Alcoholize, Algebraize, Alkalize, Allotropize, Alphabetize, Aluminize, Amalgamize, Americanize, Amortize, Anabaptize, Anachronize, Anaesthetize, Anagrammatize, Analogize, Anarchize, Anathematize, Anatomize, Angelize, Anglicize, Angurize, Animalize, Annalize, Anthropomorphize, Antipathize, Antiquarianize, Aphetize, Aphorize, Apostatize, Apothegmatize, Apotheosize, Appetize, Apprize, Archaize, Argumentize, Aromatize, Arterialize. (additional references)

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Anagrams: MATRONIZE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-n-o-r-t-z"

-1 letter: amortize, atomizer, monazite, notarize, romanize.

-2 letters: amniote, atomize, minaret, moraine, raiment, romaine, tonearm.

-3 letters: airmen, anomie, aroint, atoner, enamor, etamin, imaret, inmate, manito, marine, marten, martin, matron, mazier, mentor, merino, minter, moaner, norite, omenta, orient, ornate, ratine, ration, remain, remint, retain, retina, tamein, tonier, zanier, zeatin, zonate.

-4 letters: aimer, ament, amine, amino, amnio, amort.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-n-o-r-t-z"
 

+2 letters: romanticize, unamortized.

 

+3 letters: dimerization, memorization, racemization, romanticized, romanticizes.

 

+4 letters: democratizing, dimerizations, germanization, isomerization, memorizations, mercerization, metronidazole, modernization, racemizations, temporalizing, temporization.

 

+5 letters: demoralization, geometrization, germanizations, isomerizations, mercerizations, metronidazoles, mineralization, modernizations, mongrelization, polymerization, remobilization, remonetization, symmetrization, temporizations, thermalization, unromanticized.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: MATRONIZE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 41 54 52 4F 4E 49 5A 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    .-    -    .-.    ---    -.    ..    --..    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01010100 01010010 01001111 01001110 01001001 01011010 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#65 &#84 &#82 &#79 &#78 &#73 &#90 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 0054 0052 004F 004E 0049 005A 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

473554524948436039

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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