Though in thus city he Hath widowed and unchilded
many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury.
--Shak.
2. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything
beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to
bereave.
The widowed isle, in mourning, Dries up her tears.
--Dryden.
Tress of their shriveled fruits Are widowed, dreary
storms o'er all prevail. --J. Philips.
Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn.
--Heber.
3. To endow with a widow's right. [R.] --Shak.
4. To become, or survive as, the widow of. [Obs.]
Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and
widow them all. --Shak.