- Widowing
- Widow Wid"ow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Widowed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Widowing}.]
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1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a
husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
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Though in thus city he Hath widowed and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave. [1913 Webster]
The widowed isle, in mourning, Dries up her tears. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Tress of their shriveled fruits Are widowed, dreary storms o'er all prevail. --J. Philips. [1913 Webster]
Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn. --Heber. [1913 Webster]
3. To endow with a widow's right. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and widow them all. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
