Thesaurus: widow

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1. n. A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.
2. a. Widowed.
3. v. t. To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
4. v. t. To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.
5. v. t. To endow with a widow's right.
6. v. t. To become, or survive as, the widow of.
7. n. a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried
8. v. cause to be without a spouse
9. A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband. "A poor widow." Chaucer. Grass widow. See under Grass. -- Widow bewitched, a woman separated from her husband; a grass widow. [Colloq.] Widow-in-mourning (Zoöl.), the macavahu. -- Widow monkey (Zoöl.), a small South American monkey (Callithrix lugens); -- so called on account of its color, which is black except the dull whitish arms, neck, and face, and a ring of pure white around the face. -- Widow's chamber (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she was formerly entitled. Widowed. "A widow woman." 1 Kings xvii. 9. "This widow lady." Shak. 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. [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.
10. A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not marriedagain; one living bereaved of a husband. "A poor widow." Chaucer.Grass widow. See under Grass.-- Widow bewitched, a woman separated from her husband; a grasswidow. [Colloq.] Widow-in-mourning (Zoöl.), the macavahu.-- Widow monkey (Zoöl.), a small South American monkey (Callithrixlugens); -- so called on account of its color, which is black exceptthe dull whitish arms, neck, and face, and a ring of pure whitearound the face.-- Widow's chamber (Eng. Law), in London, the apparel and furnitureof the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she wasformerly entitled.
11. v:3/n:97 n. a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried v. cause to be without a spouse