viduated - Weblio 英和・和英辞典 (original) (raw)

Scarcely, however, had the arduous and absorbing duties devolved on the viduated mother, and she began to withdraw her mind from the contemplation of a tragic scene, when she was called to undergo fresh sorrow: she beheld, one by one, her orphan family fade and perish under her eye, two sons excepted, who had alone survived to bless and cheer her widowhood.