(transitive) To orphan.

simple past tense and past participle of orphanize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orphanize

(transitive) To deprive of parents (used almost exclusively in the passive) / (transitive, computing) To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died. / A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them. / A young animal with no mother.

Deprived of parents (also orphaned). / (by extension, figuratively) Remaining after the removal of some form of support.

plural of orphan

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orphan

present participle of orphan

Abandoned.