| 释义 |
orphanize, v.|ˈɔːfənaɪz|
[f. orphan n. + -ize.]
trans. To make (any one) an orphan.
1797A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 17 Women and children, widowed and orphanized, alas! by the obstinacy of Dutch resistance. 1851Livingstone Let. in Life vi. (1885) 97 To orphanize my children, will be like tearing out my bowels. 1879P. Lorimer tr. Lechler's Wiclif I. 43 The parish was spiritually orphanised. |