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Webster 1828 Edition


Widowed

WIDOWED

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1.
Bereaved of a husband by death.
2.
Deprived of some good; stripped.
Trees of their shriveld fruits are widowd.

Definition 2024


widowed

widowed

English

Adjective

widowed

  1. (of a previously married person) whose spouse has died; who has become a widow or widower.
    "I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride" (from the song "American Pie" by Don McLean (1959))

Translations

Verb

widowed

  1. simple past tense and past participle of widow