Orphanize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To orphan. archaic, transitive

    "But you would orphanize creation, deny that God is the Father of all spirits, and forbid needy, lost man to address him as such."

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"But you would orphanize creation, deny that God is the Father of all spirits, and forbid needy, lost man to address him as such."

Etymology

From orphan + -ize.

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