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/bərˈivd/ Listen

verb

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.

adjective

bereaved adj. Mourning due to the death of a loved one.

Synonyms: bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(prenominal), sorrowing(prenominal).

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Etymology of 'Bereaved'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bereaved" Quotes from Famous Books

... and covering him with kisses, as many for his father as for himself, as she laughed at the baby smiles and helpless gestures of the future king-maker, whose ambition and turbulence were to be the ruin of that fair and prosperous household, and bring the gentle Alice to a widowed, bereaved, and ...

— The Caged Lion • Charlotte M. Yonge

... heart, but led her to drink with those whose cup was deeper than her own. The death of little Job had rolled away the stone from the mouth of the sepulchre of her own dead child; and as she held the hand of the lately-bereaved mother she dropped many a ...

— Lancashire Idylls (1898) • Marshall Mather

... statement how, believing that deceased had left no 'will' making any disposition of his property, or naming an executor, she applied to the Court of Prerogative for letters of administration to the deceased, which letters would be granted in a few days; and in the meantime the bereaved lady would remain in possession of the house and ...

— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu

... that the bereaved parents east wistful glances over the prairie, with a vague hope of descrying Indians returning with their child. The search was kept up for days and weeks. All the neighbors, within a circuit of fifteen miles, entered zealously into the work, and explored prairie ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 11, No. 65, March, 1863 • Various

... bereaved and forsaken, the younger woman threw herself upon the broad and sympathizing bosom ...

— A Wounded Name • Charles King

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