orphanize en · VERB
Etymology
From orphan + -ize.
Meanings
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(archaic, transitive) To orphan.
But you would orphanize creation, deny that God is the Father of all spirits, and forbid needy, lost man to address him as such.
1838, Alexander Campbell, William Kimbrough Pendleton, Charles Louis Loos, The Millennial Harbinger:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| orphanizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| orphanise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| orphanizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| orphanized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| orphanized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |