bereave

be·reave

B0197300 (bĭ-rēv′)tr.v. be·reaved or be·reft (-rĕft′), be·reav·ing, be·reaves 1. To take a loved one from (a person), especially by death: "Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved" (Alan Paton).2. To take something valuable or necessary from (a person or thing): "He was subject to fits, which bereaved him ... of his senses" (David Hume).

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[Middle English bireven, to deprive, from Old English berēafian; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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be·reave′ment n.be·reav′er n.

bereave

(bɪˈriːv) vb (tr) 1. (usually foll by of) to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death2. obsolete to remove by force[Old English bereafian; see reave¹]

be•reave

(bɪˈriv)

v.t. -reaved -reft, -reav•ing. 1. to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death: Illness bereaved them of their mother. 2. to deprive ruthlessly or by force: War bereft us of our home. [before 900; Middle English bereven, Old English berēafian, c. Old Saxon birōbōn, Old High German biroubōn, Gothic biraubon to rob] be•reave′ment, n. be•reav′er, n.

bereave

Past participle: bereaved
Gerund: bereaving

Imperative
bereave
bereave

Present
I bereave
you bereave
he/she/it bereaves
we bereave
you bereave
they bereave

Preterite
I bereaved
you bereaved
he/she/it bereaved
we bereaved
you bereaved
they bereaved

Present Continuous
I am bereaving
you are bereaving
he/she/it is bereaving
we are bereaving
you are bereaving
they are bereaving

Present Perfect
I have bereaved
you have bereaved
he/she/it has bereaved
we have bereaved
you have bereaved
they have bereaved

Past Continuous
I was bereaving
you were bereaving
he/she/it was bereaving
we were bereaving
you were bereaving
they were bereaving

Past Perfect
I had bereaved
you had bereaved
he/she/it had bereaved
we had bereaved
you had bereaved
they had bereaved

Future
I will bereave
you will bereave
he/she/it will bereave
we will bereave
you will bereave
they will bereave

Future Perfect
I will have bereaved
you will have bereaved
he/she/it will have bereaved
we will have bereaved
you will have bereaved
they will have bereaved

Future Continuous
I will be bereaving
you will be bereaving
he/she/it will be bereaving
we will be bereaving
you will be bereaving
they will be bereaving

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been bereaving
you have been bereaving
he/she/it has been bereaving
we have been bereaving
you have been bereaving
they have been bereaving

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been bereaving
you will have been bereaving
he/she/it will have been bereaving
we will have been bereaving
you will have been bereaving
they will have been bereaving

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been bereaving
you had been bereaving
he/she/it had been bereaving
we had been bereaving
you had been bereaving
they had been bereaving

Conditional
I would bereave
you would bereave
he/she/it would bereave
we would bereave
you would bereave
they would bereave

Past Conditional
I would have bereaved
you would have bereaved
he/she/it would have bereaved
we would have bereaved
you would have bereaved
they would have bereaved

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Verb

1.

bereave - deprive through death deprive, divest, strip - take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

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