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verb
1.
a simple past tense and past participle of bereave.
adjective
2.
deprived: They are bereft of their senses. He is bereft of all happiness.
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Bereft
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| of the highest kind, quality, or order |
| general external appearance; aspect or semblance |
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verb (used with object), be·reaved or be·reft, be·reav·ing.
1.
to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
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3.
Obsolete. to take away by violence.
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