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Meaning Of Widow

n.

A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.
a.

Widowed.
v. t.

To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
v. t.

To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.
v. t.

To endow with a widow's right.
v. t.

To become, or survive as, the widow of.

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