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bereave

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/bɪˈɹiːv/ (UK)

Definition of bereave

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
    “Madam, you have bereft me of all words,”
    “bereft of him who taught me how to sing”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
    “Madam, you have bereft me of all words,”
    “bereft of him who taught me how to sing”
  2. (obsolete, transitive)To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
    “All your interest in those territories / Is utterly bereft you; all is lost.”
    “[…] shall move you to bereave my life.”
  3. (transitive)To deprive of power; prevent.
  4. (transitive)To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
    “Death bereaved him of his wife.”
    “The family has been recently bereaved.”
    “The castaways were bereft of hope.”
  5. (intransitive, rare)To destroy life; cut off.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English bireven, from Old English berēafian (“to bereave, deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil”), from Proto-Germanic *biraubōną, and Old English berēofan (“to bereave, deprive, rob of”);…

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Inherited from Middle English bireven, from Old English berēafian (“to bereave, deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil”), from Proto-Germanic *biraubōną, and Old English berēofan (“to bereave, deprive, rob of”); both equivalent to be- + reave. Cognate with Dutch beroven (“to rob, deprive, bereave”), German berauben (“to deprive, rob, bereave”), Danish berøve (“to deprive of”), Norwegian berøve (“to deprive”), Swedish beröva (“to rob”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌱𐍉𐌽 (biraubōn).

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