unchild
English
Etymology
un- + child
Verb
unchild (third-person singular simple present unchilds, present participle unchilding, simple past and past participle unchilded)
- (obsolete, transitive) To make someone childless.
- William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, Scene VI.
- 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.
- William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, Act V, Scene VI.
Related terms
- unchilding