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Word: Widow
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English widewe, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘be empty’; compare with Sanskrit vidh ‘be destitute’, Latin viduus ‘bereft, widowed’, and Greek ēitheos ‘unmarried man’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈwɪdəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
become a widow or widower; lose one's spouse through death
Short Definition:become widow or widower
Examples:- he was recently widowed
- she had to care for her widowed mother
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