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单词 bereave
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bereavev.

/bɪˈriːv/
Forms: Past tense and past participle bereaved; past participle also bereft. Forms: Old English beréafian, Middle English biræuien, Middle English–1500s bireve, Middle English bireave(n, Middle English birefe(n, Middle English–1500s byreve, bereve, Middle English berefe, bereffe, byreeve, 1500s bereeve, ( berive, byryve), 1500s–1600s berieve, 1600s bereauve, 1500s– bereave. past tense Old English bereafode, Middle English bereafde, beræfde, Middle English biræuede, bireuede, Middle English birefte, Middle English byrafte, Middle English–1500s beraft(e, berefte, Middle English berafft, berefte, Middle English– bereft, 1500s– bereaved. past participle 1500s– bereaved, bereft. Early forms correspond to past tense; also 1500s–1600s bereiven, 1500s–1800s bereaven.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Common Germanic: Old English bi- , beréafian = Old Frisian birâv(i)a , Old Saxon birôƀôn , (Middle Dutch beroven , Dutch berooven ), Old High German biroubôn , (Middle High German berouben , modern German berauben ), Gothic biraubôn < Germanic *birauƀôjan , < bi- , be- prefix + *rauƀôjan , in Old English réafian to plunder, spoil, rob; see reave v.1
1.
a. transitive. To deprive, rob, strip, dispossess (a person, etc., of a possession; the latter originally expressed by the genitive). Since c1650 mostly of immaterial possessions, life, hope, etc., except in reference to the loss of relatives by death. (In the former case bereft, in the latter bereaved, is more usual in the past tense and past participle.)
ΚΠ
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. §3 Heo hit ne mæg his gewittes bereafian.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1447 Þus wes þas kineriche of heora kinge bi-ræued [c1300 Otho bi-reued].
c1400 Rom. Rose 6671 Lest they berafte..Folk of her catel or of her thing.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xiiii. sig. H.iiiiv He had..bereued hym of his reste.
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. ii. xx. 330 Beereving some fruits of their kernels.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 175 Maddam, you haue bereft me of all words. View more context for this quotation
1616 W. Drummond Poems (rev. ed.) sig. N2v This Angell Face, which mee bereaues of Rest.
1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. M2 They bereaved the women..of the hair of their heads.
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 106 It is there bereft of all its volatile parts.
1833 H. Coleridge Poems I. 143 Ere thy birth, of sire bereaven.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 355 The accident which had bereaved the father of his child.
b. with at for of. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of)
benimc890
to do of ——eOE
bedealc1000
disturbc1230
bereavec1275
reave?a1300
acquitc1300
benemec1300
deprivec1330
privea1382
subvertc1384
oppressc1395
abridgea1400
to bate of, from1399
lessa1400
nakena1400
dischargea1425
privatec1425
to bring outa1450
abatec1450
sever?1507
spulyie?1507
denude1513
disable1529
distrain1530
destituec1540
destitutec1540
defalk1541
to turn out of ——1545
discomfit1548
wipe1549
nude1551
disannul?a1556
bereft1557
diminish1559
benoom1563
joint1573
uncase1583
rid1585
disarm1590
visitc1592
ease1600
dispatch1604
unfurnisha1616
rig1629
retrench1640
unbecomea1641
disentail1641
cashier1690
twin1722
mulct1748
fordo1764
to do out of ——1796
to cut out1815
bate1823
deprivate1832
devoid1878
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15128 Ic hine biræuien wulle at his baren liue [c1300 Otho bi-reaue..of his bare liue].
c. with double object (to bereave any one a possession), the former probably at first dative. In the passive the impersonal object was originally the subject, but in 17th cent. either object might be so used. archaic.
ΚΠ
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2832 Himm wass hiss spæche..all biræfedd.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 33 Hie him bireueden alle hise riche weden.
c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 503 His sleep, his mete, his drynk is him byraft.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xii. sig. Fv Enuy had..bireft hym his lyfe.
1557 Malory's Story Noble & Worthy Kynge Arthur (Copland) i. vii Many landes that were bereued lordes, knyghtes, ladyes and gentylmen.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 85 All your Interest in those Territories, Is utterly bereft you. View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 918 Bereave me not..thy gentle looks, thy aid. View more context for this quotation
1806 W. Scott Wandering Willie All joy was bereft me the day that you left me.
2. To rob, plunder, despoil (a possessor); to deprive of anything valued; to leave destitute, orphaned, or widowed. See also bereaved adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) > of something highly prized
bereavec1175
widow?1591
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 79 Ho him bireueden and ho him ferwundeden.
c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 124 I was ofte berevyd.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xiv. 612/2 The King bereauving enemies, to enrich his friends.
1867 G. MacDonald Poems 10 I cry to thee with all my might Because I am bereft.
3.
a. To snatch away (a possession); to remove or take away by violence. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or suddenly
reaveOE
bereavec1320
atreachc1325
ravisha1398
reach?a1400
to catch awayc1400
rendc1450
ravena1513
pull1530
despoila1533
snatch1597
reap1634
extort1785
to pounce away1821
erept1865
c1320 Cast. Loue 1349 Þe meste strengþe he al bi-reuede.
c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 403 Who so wold us fro the world byreve..He wolde byreve out of this world the sonne.
1571 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc (1847) iv. i. 132 Whome no mishap..could haue bereued hence.
c1600 Death Jane Seymour in T. Evans Old Ball. (1784) II. viii. 57 He from this joy was soon bereav'n.
a1617 P. Baynes Comm. Ephes. (1658) 13 When the blessings of this life are bereaved.
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer 170 Have..(Like Iezabell) oppressed and bereav'n The poore mans portion.
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xx. 549 Thy Life Echeclus! next the Sword bereaves.
b. Const. from a possessor. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1440 Partonope 3267 This craft Ye haue clene from me beraft.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) x xxv. sig. Gi Fro the thyrde [knight] he berafte his sholder with the arme.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. G1 From me by strong assault it is bereft . View more context for this quotation
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. 119 a They wold bereaue kingdomes from these kings in despight of them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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