bereave (redirected from bereaves)

be·reave  (b-rv)

tr.v. be·reaved or be·reft (-rft), be·reav·ing, be·reaves

1. To leave desolate or alone, especially by death: "Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved" (Alan Paton).

2. Archaic To take (something valuable or necessary), typically by force.

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[Middle English bireven, to deprive, from Old English berafian; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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be·reavement n.

be·reaver n.

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bereave [bɪˈriːv]

vb (tr)

1. (usually foll by of) to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death

2. Obsolete to remove by force See also bereft

[Old English bereafian; see reave¹]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

bereave - deprive through death deprive, divest, strip - take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

Translations

bereave [bɪˈriːv] (bereft (pt, pp)) VT → privar (of de)

bereave

vt

pret, ptp <bereft> (liter, = deprive) → berauben (geh) (→ of +gen)

pret, ptp <bereaved> (= cause loss by death: illness) (→ jdm jdn) → rauben (geh), → nehmen; he was bereaved of his son → sein Sohn ist ihm genommen worden (geh)