(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:36:38

Or"bate (?), a. [L. orbatus, p. p. of orbare to bereave, fr. orbus bereaved of parents or children. See Orphan.]

Bereaved; fatherless; childless.

[Obs.]

 

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