ORPHANED

orphaned

(adjective) deprived of parents by death or desertion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

orphaned (comparative more orphaned, superlative most orphaned)

Abandoned.

Verb

orphaned

simple past tense and past participle of orphan

Anagrams

• handrope, harped on

Source: Wiktionary


ORPHAN

Or"phan, n. Etym: [L. orphanus, Gr. orbus. Cf. Orb a blank window.]

Definition: A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living. Orphans' court (Law), a court in some of the States of the Union, having jurisdiction over the estates and persons of orphans or other wards. Bouvier.

Or"phan, a.

Definition: Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.

Or"phan, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orphaned; p. pr. & vb. n. Orphaning.]

Definition: To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents. Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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