Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WID'OW
WID'OW, v.t.
- To bereave of a husband; but rarely used except in the participle. – Dryden.
- To endow with a widow's right. [Unusual.]
- To strip of any thing good. – Shak. The widow'd isle in mourning. – Dryden.
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