2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Widow  \Wid"ow\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Widowed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Widowing}.] 
  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.  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.  To  endow  with  a  widow's  right  [R.]  --Shak. 
 
  4.  To  become  or  survive  as  the  widow  of  [Obs.] 
 
  Let  me  be  married  to  three  kings  in  a  forenoon,  and 
  widow  them  all  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  widowed 
  adj  :  single  because  of  death  of  the  spouse 

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