English Explanatory Dictionary

orbate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Bereft (of anything); especially: fatherless or childless.

Word forms

orbate

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orbātus, perfect passive participle of orbō (“to cause to be childless or parentless; to bereave”), from orbus (“bereft of parents or children”); see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Related words

orbity orphan
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