bereave
verb
be·reave bi-ˈrēv 
bē-
bereaved or bereft bi-ˈreft
bē-
; bereaving transitive verb
1
: to deprive of something —usually used with of
Madam, you have bereft me of all words …
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare2
: to take away (a valued or necessary possession) especially by force
Synonyms
- abate
- deprive
- divest
- strip
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Example Sentences
news of a death in the family bereaved them of the unmitigated joy that normally prevails at a wedding
Word History
Etymology
Middle English bereven, from Old English berēafian, from be- + rēafian to rob — more at reave
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
bereaves
verb
as in deprives
to take something away from news of a death in the family bereaved them of the unmitigated joy that normally prevails at a wedding Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- deprives
- strips
- denudes
- divests
- abates
- defrauds
- impoverishes
- shortchanges
- bankrupts
- cheats
- disfurnishes
- cleans (out)
- disarming
- disarmingly
- disarms
- disarrange
- disarranged
- disarrangement
- disarrangements
- disarranges
- disarranging
- disarray
- disarrayed
- disarraying
- disarrays
- disarticulate
- disarticulated
- disarticulates
- disarticulating
- disarticulation
- disarticulations
- installing
- installing officer
- installment
- installment mortgage
- installment plan
- installment plans