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Adjective: widowed  wi-dowd
  1. Single because of death of the spouse
    "The widowed grandmother found solace in her grandchildren's company"
Verb: widow  wi-dow
  1. Cause to be without a spouse
    "The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia"

See also: single, unmarried

Type of: leave, leave behind

Encyclopedia: Widowed

Widow, Weep for Me