unchild

English

Etymology

un- +‎ child

Verb

unchild (third-person singular simple present unchilds, present participle unchilding, simple past and past participle unchilded)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To make someone childless.
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [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.

Related terms

• unchilding

Translations

Translations

• Esperanto: seninfanigi (eo)
• Ancient greek: ἀτεκνόω (grc) (ateknóō)
• French: désenfanter (fr)
• Portuguese: desfilhar (pt)
• Spanish: desahijar (es)

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• Biblical Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שִׁכֵּל (šikkēl)
• Italian: disfigliuolare (it)
• Spanish: desahijar (es)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} çocuksuz bırakmak