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Definition of Bereave
1. Verb. Deprive through death.
Definition of Bereave
1. v. t. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.
Definition of Bereave
1. Verb. (transitive) To deprive by or as if by violence; rob; strip. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To deprive of power; prevent. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To take away someone or something important or close; deprive. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive rare) To destroy life; cut off. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bereave
1. to deprive [v -REAVED or -REFT, -REAVING, -REAVES] - See also: deprive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bereave
Literary usage of Bereave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"TO bereave, DEPRIVE, STRIP. DEPRIVE, compounded of de and prive, ... bereave expresses
more than deprive, but less than strip, which in this sense is ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... to conclude, age will bereave her of it, dies dolorem minuit, time and patience
must end it. 1" The mind's affections patience will appease, ..."
3. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"It would bereave his Parliament of that ad- " vantage, whereby they were induced
to undertake *' that war, ..."
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