WIDOW (3)

Wid″ow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Widowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Widowing.] 1. 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. 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. 3. To endow with a widow's right. Shak.
4. 4. To become, or survive as, the widow of.
Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and widow them all. Shak.