avunculize, v. rare.
(əˈvʌŋkjʊlaɪz)
[f. as avuncular a. + -ize, cf. patronize.]
To act like an uncle.
| 1662 Fuller Worthies ii. 14 Seeing he was sisters son to blackmouth'd Sanders, it is much that he doth not more Avunculize in his bitterness against Protestants. |