bereave

be·reave

 (bĭ-rēv′)

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

1. To take a loved one from (a person), especially by death: "Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved" (Alan Paton).

2. To take something valuable or necessary from (a person or thing): "He was subject to fits, which bereaved him ... of his senses" (David Hume).

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

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be·reave′ment n.

be·reav′er 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

[Old English bereafian; see reave¹]

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be•reave

(bɪˈriv)

v.t. -reaved -reft, -reav•ing.

1. to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death: Illness bereaved them of their mother.

2. to deprive ruthlessly or by force: War bereft us of our home.

[before 900; Middle English bereven, Old English berēafian, c. Old Saxon birōbōn, Old High German biroubōn, Gothic biraubon to rob]

be•reave′ment, n.

be•reav′er, n.

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bereave

Past participle: bereaved
Gerund: bereaving

Imperative

bereave

bereave

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

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

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Translations

bereave

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

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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)

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