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1. (v.t.) bereave
to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death :
Illness bereaved them of their mother.
2. bereave
to deprive ruthlessly or by force:
War bereft us of our home.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME bereven, OE berēafian, c. OS birōbōn, OHG biroubōn, Go biraubon to rob)
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1. (verb) bereave
deprive through death
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1. (verb) bereave
to make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away
2. (verb) bereave
to take away from
3. (verb) bereave
to take away
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