Definition of bereave

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Bereave (v. t.) To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.

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Orbate :: Orbate (a.) Bereaved; fatherless; childless.
Widow :: Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband..
Orbation :: Orbation (n.) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement..
Viduation :: Viduation (n.) The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.
Bereave :: Bereave (v. t.) To take away from.
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.
Reave :: Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.
Unchild :: Unchild (v. t.) To bereave of children; to make childless.
Bereft :: Bereft () imp. & p. p. of Bereave.
Bereaver :: Bereaver (n.) One who bereaves.
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..
Bereaved :: Bereaved (imp. & p. p.) of Bereav.
Unbereaven :: Unbereaven (a.) Unbereft.
Bereave :: Bereave (v. t.) To take away.
Deprivation :: Deprivation (n.) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..
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..
Stepchild :: Stepchild (n.) A bereaved child; one who has lost father or mother.
Bereavement :: Bereavement (n.) The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death..
Orphan :: Orphan (a.) Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent..
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