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be·reft       [bi-reft] Pronunciation Key
–verb
1.a pt. and pp. of bereave.
–adjective
2.deprived: They are bereft of their senses. He is bereft of all happiness.
[Origin: 1525–35; be- + reft]
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be·reave       [bi-reev] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -reaved or -reft, -reav·ing.
1.to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death (usually fol. by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
2.to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually fol. by of): The war bereaved them of their home.
3.Obsolete. to take away by violence.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME bereven, OE beréafian; c. D berooven, G berauben, Goth biraubōn. See be-, reave1]

—Related forms
be·reave·ment, noun
be·reav·er, noun
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be·reave       (bĭ-rēv')  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   be·reaved or be·reft (-rěft'), 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.


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

be·reave'ment n., be·reav'er n.
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be·reft       (bĭ-rěft')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   A past tense and a past participle of bereave.

adj.  
    1. Deprived of something: They are bereft of their dignity.
    2. Lacking something needed or expected: "Today's graduates seem keenly aware that the future is bereft of conventional expectations" (Bruce Weber).
  2. Suffering the death of a loved one; bereaved: the bereft parents.

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bereft

adjective
1. unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love 
2. sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope" [syn: bereaved] 

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Bereft

Be*reave"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bereaved, Bereft; p. pr. & vb. n. Bereaving.] [OE. bireven, AS. bere['a]fian. See Be-, and Reave.]

1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.

Madam, you have bereft me of all words. --Shak.

Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. --Tickell.

2. To take away from. [Obs.]

All your interest in those territories Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. --Shak.

3. To take away. [Obs.]

Shall move you to bereave my life. --Marlowe.

Note: The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and strength.

Syn: To dispossess; to divest.

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