'Widowing' definitions:
Definition of 'Widowing'
From: GCIDE
- Widow \Wid"ow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Widowing.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle. [1913 Webster]
- 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]
Words containing 'Widowing'
- Widow,
- Widowed,
- Widower,
- widows,
- Grass widow,
- Widow bewitched,
- Widow bird,
- Widow monkey,
- Widow's chamber,
- black widow,
- golf widow,
- grass widower,
- mournful widow,
- war widow,
- weeping widow,
- widow finch,
- widow woman,
- widow's peak,
- widow's walk,
- widow's weeds,
- Widow-hunter,
- Widow-in-mourning,
- Widow-maker,
- Widow-wail,
- Chuck-Will's-widow