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orphanize

orphanize verb: to orphan.

Verb

orphanize (third-person singular simple present orphanizes, present participle orphanizing, simple past and past participle orphanized)

  1. (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 of orphanize

third-person singular presentorphanizes
present participleorphanizing
past participleorphanized
pastorphanized
alternative formorphanise

Origin of orphanize

From orphan + -ize.

Questions about orphanize

What does orphanize mean?
Orphanize means to orphan.
What part of speech is orphanize?
Orphanize is a verb.
What is the past tense of orphanize?
The past tense of orphanize is orphanized.

Words near orphanize in the dictionary

  1. orphanins
  2. orphanise
  3. orphanish
  4. orphanism
  5. orphanity
  6. orphanize
  7. orphanized
  8. orphanizes
  9. orphanizing
  10. orphanlike
  11. orphanotrophia

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