- bereft bereave
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Bereave — Be*reave (b[ e]*r[=e]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bereaved} (b[ e]*r[=e]vd ), {Bereft} (b[ e]*r[e^]ft ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bereaving.}] [OE. bireven, AS. bere[ a]fian. See {Be }, and {Reave.}] [1913 Webster] 1. To make destitute; to deprive; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bereft — Bereave Be*reave (b[ e]*r[=e]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bereaved} (b[ e]*r[=e]vd ), {Bereft} (b[ e]*r[e^]ft ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bereaving.}] [OE. bireven, AS. bere[ a]fian. See {Be }, and {Reave.}] [1913 Webster] 1. To make destitute; to deprive;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bereave — [bē rēv′, birēv′] vt. bereaved or bereft [bireft′] bereaving [ME bireven < OE bereafian, to deprive, rob < be , BE + reafian, akin to Ger rauben: see REAVE1] 1. to deprive or rob; dispossess: now usually in the pp. bereft [she was bereft of … English World dictionary
bereft — late 14c., past tense of BEREAVE (Cf. bereave) (q.v.) … Etymology dictionary
bereft — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (bereft of) deprived of; without. 2) lonely and abandoned. ORIGIN archaic past participle of BEREAVE(Cf. ↑bereavement) … English terms dictionary
bereft — [bēreft′] vt. alt. pt. & pp. of BEREAVE adj. 1. deprived, robbed, or devoid, as of life, hope, or happiness 2. BEREAVED … English World dictionary
bereave — (v.) O.E. bereafian to deprive of, take away, seize, rob, from be + reafian rob, plunder, from P.Gmc. *raubojanan, from PIE *reup to snatch (see RAPID (Cf. rapid)). A common Germanic formation (Cf. O.Fris. birava despoil, O.S. biroban, Du … Etymology dictionary
Bereft — Be*reft (b[ e]*r[e^]ft ), imp. & p. p. of {Bereave}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bereft — bereaved, bereft The verb bereave, meaning ‘to deprive (someone)’, is normally used in the passive. When the meaning refers in general ways to possessions, feelings, etc., the past participle is bereft: • Without her, he felt bereft as a child at … Modern English usage
bereft — Many children leave school altogether bereft of mathematical skills (Times, cited by Kingsley Amis in The State of the Language). To be bereft of something is not to lack it but to be dispossessed of it. A spinster is not bereft of a husband … Dictionary of troublesome word
bereft — /bi reft /, v. 1. a pt. and pp. of bereave. adj. 2. deprived: They are bereft of their senses. He is bereft of all happiness. [1525 35; BE + REFT] * * * … Universalium
