单词 | bereave |
释义 | bereave[ bih-reev ] / bɪˈriv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bereave ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), be·reaved or be·reft, be·reav·ing.to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother. to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually followed by of): The war bereaved them of their home. Obsolete. to take away by violence. Origin of bereavebefore 900; Middle English bereven,Old English berēafian; cognate with Dutch berooven,German berauben,Gothic biraubōn.See be-, reave1 OTHER WORDS FROM bereavebe·reave·ment, nounbe·reav·er, nounWords nearby bereaveBerdichev, Berdyaev, Berdyansk, Berdyayev, Berea, bereave, bereaved, bereavement, Berecyntia, red in the face, be, bereft Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bereaveBritish Dictionary definitions for bereavebereave / (bɪˈriːv) / verb (tr)(usually foll by of) to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death obsolete to remove by force See also bereft Word Origin for bereaveOld English bereafian; see reave 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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