单词 | bereft |
释义 | bereftadj. 1. Forcibly deprived, robbed, having lost the possession or use of; void of. ΘΚΠ 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 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xvii. 108 Man transported with passion is vtterly bereft of aduisement. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) v. ii. 148 A woman mou'd, is like a fountaine troubled..thicke, bereft of beautie. View more context for this quotation 1699 J. Pomfret Love Triumphant 194 Not quite bereft Of sense, tho' very small remains were left. 1858 J. Martineau Stud. Christianity 108 A pinched and anxious mind bereft of power. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [adjective] > taken away adempt?a1475 bereft1531 robbed1870 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxii. sig. givv Ded or bireft from the mynde. 3. Deprived of a near relation, bereaved adj. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > bereavement by death > [adjective] orbed1616 bereaved1828 bereft1828 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 329 The helpless and bereft father. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † bereftv. Obsolete. rare. By-form of bereave v.: to deprive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > loss > taking away > take away [verb (transitive)] > deprive (of) benimc890 to do of ——eOE bedealc1000 disturbc1230 bereavec1275 reave?a1300 acquitc1300 benemec1300 deprivec1330 privea1382 subvertc1384 oppressc1395 abridgea1400 to bate of, from1399 lessa1400 nakena1400 dischargea1425 privatec1425 to bring outa1450 abatec1450 sever?1507 spulyie?1507 denude1513 disable1529 distrain1530 destituec1540 destitutec1540 defalk1541 to turn out of ——1545 discomfit1548 wipe1549 nude1551 disannul?a1556 bereft1557 diminish1559 benoom1563 joint1573 uncase1583 rid1585 disarm1590 visitc1592 ease1600 dispatch1604 unfurnisha1616 rig1629 retrench1640 unbecomea1641 disentail1641 cashier1690 twin1722 mulct1748 fordo1764 to do out of ——1796 to cut out1815 bate1823 deprivate1832 devoid1878 1557 R. Record Whetstone of Witte sig. Aiii To berefte the realme of some singulare commoditie. 1564 N. Haward in tr. Eutropius Briefe Chron. To Rdr. sig. B.ii That Tully should..bereft ye Grecians of theyr exactnesse in all sciences. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1531v.1557 |
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