bereaved or bereft (verb)

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• bereaved — bereaved, bereft The verb bereave, meaning ‘to deprive (someone)’, is normally used in the passive. When the meaning refers in general ways to possessions, feelings, etc., the past participle is bereft: • Without her, he felt bereft as a child at …   Modern English usage

• bereft — bereaved, bereft The verb bereave, meaning ‘to deprive (someone)’, is normally used in the passive. When the meaning refers in general ways to possessions, feelings, etc., the past participle is bereft: • Without her, he felt bereft as a child at …   Modern English usage

• be|reav´er — be|reave «bih REEV», transitive verb, reaved or reft, reav|ing. 1. to leave desolate and alone; deprive: »The children were bereaved by the death of their father. 2. to deprive ruthlessly; rob: »The lost hikers were bereft of hope when the rescue …   Useful english dictionary

• be|reave — «bih REEV», transitive verb, reaved or reft, reav|ing. 1. to leave desolate and alone; deprive: »The children were bereaved by the death of their father. 2. to deprive ruthlessly; rob: »The lost hikers were bereft of hope when the rescue plane… …   Useful english dictionary

• bereave — /bəˈriv / (say buh reev), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) (bereaved or bereft, bereaving) 1. (usually in passive) to deprive ruthlessly, especially of hope, joy, etc.: bereft of all their lands. 2. (usually in passive) to make desolate through loss,… …  

• JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• be|reft — «bih REHFT», adjective, verb. –adj. deprived: »Bereft of hope and friends, the old man led a lonely life. a) bereaved; a past tense and a past participle of bereave: »He was bereft by the loss of his son. Usage See bereave for usage note. (Cf. ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• -t and -ed — A number of irregular verbs have competing past forms and past participles in t and ed (e.g. leapt and leaped); the most common of these are given in the table below. In some cases the length of the vowel is shortened in the t forms (e.g. lept… …   Modern English usage