Meanings
verborphanize (third-person singular simple present orphanizes, present participle orphanizing, simple past and past participle orphanized)
present singular third person orphanizes · participle present orphanizing · participle past orphanized · past orphanized · alternative orphanise
- archaictransitiveTo 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
Origin
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APA
orphanize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphanize
MLA
“orphanize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphanize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “orphanize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/orphanize.
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