maternize
/ˈmatənʌɪz/(also maternise) rare
verb
[with object] To mother (a person); to be as a mother to; to endow (something) with motherly qualities.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in ‘Rolf Boldrewood’ (1826–1915), novelist (real name Thomas Browne). From matern- + -ize.
- diriment impediment
- dirk
- Dirksen, Everett M.
- dirndl
- dirndl skirt
- dirt
- dirtbag
- dirt bike
- dirtboard
- Thembu
- theme
- the meat (or filling) in the sandwich
- the Mendips
- the Menorah
- theme park
- the Met
- the Metaphysicals
- the Met Office
- the Midas touch
- the middle of nowhere
- the Middle Way
- the Midlands
- the mile-high club
- the minute (or the minute that)
- Themis