Widowing

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  • v. Present participle of widow.
    • Word Usage
    "Two years later, in the autumn of 23 BC, while the forty-year-old Augustus struggled to recover from a near-fatal illness, Marcellus himself died suddenly of a mysterious sickness at the age of twenty, widowing Julia and unexpectedly becoming the first occupant of the brand-new family mausoleum, now looming over the city like a 130-foot-high wedding cake."
    Verb Form
    widowed    widowing    widows   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    leave    leave behind   
    Cross Reference
    widow's mantle    locality of a widow    widows' silk    widow's peak    widows' lawn   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    widowed    bereave    relict    matron    jointress   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wife    maiden    lady    cousin    servant   
     
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