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Bereave v. t. (past & past part. bereaved, bereft; pres. part. bereaving)

To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; with of before the person or thing taken away. "Madam, you have bereft me of all words." "Bereft of him who taught me how to sing."

To take away from. (Obs.) "All your interest in those territories Is utterly bereft you; all is lost."

To take away. (Obs.) "Shall move you to bereave my life." 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.

Synonyms: To dispossess; to divest.

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Etymology of 'Bereave'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... fragile petals Enfolded a heart of gold, And a deeper wealth of perfume, Than the tiny cup could hold; So the great wind roaring above Sent a tiny zephyr down, To drift aside the sheltering bloom, And bereave ...

— Landscape and Song • Various

... gods, they hold that the soul perishes when it is separated from the body, and that the gods concern not themselves in our affairs. Thus the Epicureans reproach the other philosophers, that by their wisdom they bereave man of his life; whilst the others on the contrary accuse them of teaching men to live degenerately and ...

— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch

... sown that shall make my collar. When the hangsman comes, 'tis time enough to wake; so, I pray thee, bereave not a poor man of the only solace the rich cannot purchase ...

— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby

... a tree, and tied the cow to one of the branches while he ate some bread, and drank of an infusion of his beloved bang, which he always carried with him. In a short time it began to operate, so as to bereave him of the little sense he possessed, and his head was filled with ridiculous reveries. While he was musing, a magpie beginning to chatter from her nest in the tree, he fancied it was a human voice, and that ...

— The Arabian Nights Entertainments vol. 4 • Anon.

... at last to Cambridge; and now illness fell upon him for the second time in his life. Not a definite illness, but a lingering malaise, which seemed to bereave him of all spring and energy. He was told that he must not work, must spend his time in the open air, must be careful in matters of food and sleep. He lived indeed for some months the life of an invalid. The restrictions ...

— Beside Still Waters • Arthur Christopher Benson

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