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Reave :: Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.

Bereaved :: Bereaved (imp. & p. p.) of Bereav.

Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..

Threave :: Threave (n.) Same as Thrave.

Grave :: Grave (v. t.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose..

Giambeux :: Giambeux (n. pl.) Greaves; armor for the legs.

Deprivation :: Deprivation (n.) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

Bereaver :: Bereaver (n.) One who bereaves.

Disconsolate :: Disconsolate (v. t.) Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent..

Graves :: Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

Bereave :: Bereave (v. t.) To take away.

Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..

Widow :: Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband..

Orphan :: Orphan (a.) Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent..

Orbate :: Orbate (a.) Bereaved; fatherless; childless.

Unchild :: Unchild (v. t.) To bereave of children; to make childless.

Greave :: Greave (n.) Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.

Mourning :: Mourning (a.) Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like..

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