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.