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bereave

Webster 1828

BERE'AVE, verb transitive preterit tense bereaved, bereft: participle passive bereaved, bereft.1. To deprive; to strip; to make destitute; with of before the thing taken away.Me have ye bereaved of my children. Genesis 42:36.It is sometimes used without of, and is particularly applied to express the loss of friends by death.2. To take away from