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BEREAVE

\bɪɹˈiːv], \bɪɹˈiːv], \b_ɪ_ɹ_ˈiː_v]\

Definitions of BEREAVE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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deprive through death

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

deprive through death

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; - with of before the person or thing taken away.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; - with of before the person or thing taken away.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To deprive of; make destitute; strip; rob.
Bereaved, bereft.
Bereaving.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To rob or make destitute:-pa.p, bereaved' or bereft'.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To rob; to deprive of.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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