bereave of

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be⋅reave

[bi-reev]

–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 berēafian; c. D berooven, G berauben, Goth biraubōn. See be-, reave ¹

Related forms:

be⋅reave⋅ment, noun

be⋅reav⋅er, noun

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