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BEREAVE definition: 1. to have a close relation or friend who has died: 2. to have a close relation or friend who has…. Learn more.
The meaning of BEREAVE is to deprive of something —usually used with of. How to use bereave in a sentence.
BEREAVE meaning: 1. to have a close relation or friend who has died: 2. to have a close relation or friend who has…. Learn more.
To bereave means to take away and leave devastated. Death bereaves us of our loved ones. Bereave can also mean to deprive by force, as in War has bereaved them of their homes. Those who are devastated by the loss of loved ones can be described as bereaved or bereft.
The verb bereave is used when death takes someone away from you, depriving you of their presence. Overfeeding might bereave you of beloved goldfish. Think of bereave as an old-fashioned verb that's much more likely to show up in the adjective bereaved these days.
Definition of bereave verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to deprive or rob; dispossess. now usually in the pp. bereft. she was bereft of hope or happiness. 2. to leave in a sad or lonely state, as by loss or death. 3. Obsolete. to take away by force. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms.
