viduated

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viduated (not comparable)

  1. Widowed.
    • 1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XVI, in Duty and Inclination: [], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, pages 245-6:
      Scarcely, however, had the arduous and absorbing duties devolved on the viduated mother, and she began to withdraw her mind from the contemplation of a tragic scene, when she was called to undergo fresh sorrow: she beheld, one by one, her orphan family fade and perish under her eye, two sons excepted, who had alone survived to bless and cheer her widowhood.