Wid″ow, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Widowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Widowing.]
1. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; — rarely used except in the past participle.
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. Shak.
4. To become, or survive as, the widow of.
Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and widow
them all. Shak.