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bereave
[ bih-reev ]
verb (used with object)
- to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of ):
Illness bereaved them of their mother.
- to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually followed by of ):
The war bereaved them of their home.
- Obsolete. to take away by violence.
bereave
/ bɪˈriːv /
verb
- usually foll by of to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death
- obsolete.to remove by force
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- be·reavement noun
- be·reaver noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bereave1
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Example Sentences
She will thee bereave of almost every joy, the fair-faced foster-child of Heimir.
To whom, think ye, is your life of such consequence, that they should seek to bereave ye of it?
And, dear sweetheart, be not afraid that you shall be left without a lover; that I shall bereave you!
But as a taste of blood will infuriate a hound, so her own laughter seemed to bereave Bianca of all restraint.
Fortuna opes auferre, non animum potest—Fortune may bereave us of wealth, but not of courage.
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