Unchild

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make someone childless. obsolete, transitive

    "Though in this city he Hath widow'd and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury, Yet he shall have a noble memory."

Example

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"Though in this city he Hath widow'd and unchilded many a one, Which to this hour bewail the injury, Yet he shall have a noble memory."

Etymology

From un- + child.

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