(transitive) To make maternal.

simple past tense and past participle of maternalize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of maternalize

In a maternal manner. / motherly, as a mother

Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly. / Related through the mother, or her side of the family.

(dated, informal) A mother. / A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative.

plural of maternity

The state of being a mother; motherhood. / The state of being pregnant; pregnancy. / A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

Quality of being maternal.

The treatment of people in a motherly manner, especially by caring for them as a mother would care for her children.