bereavenadj.
/bɪˈriːv(ə)n/ archaic.
By-form of bereaved adj., occasional in the poets.
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the mind > possession > loss > [adjective] > suffering loss > deprived
forlornc1150
bereaved?a1200
destitute14..
private?a1425
devoidedc1430
disgarnished1484
destituted1550
deprived1552
deprivate1575
berapt1581
bereft1586
bereaven1592
dispossessed1599
ungraced1602
privated1656
viduated1660
disfurnished1670
1592 S. Daniel Delia (new ed.) sig. H4 My field of flowers quite bereauen.
1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold III. xi. i. 149 As shepherd to thy bereaven flock.
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