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BEREAVE definition: 1. to have a close relation or friend who has died: 2. to have a close relation or friend who has…. Learn more.
The meaning of BEREAVE is to deprive of something —usually used with of. How to use bereave in a sentence.
Bereave definition: to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of). See examples of BEREAVE used in a sentence.
BEREAVE meaning: 1. to have a close relation or friend who has died: 2. to have a close relation or friend who has…. Learn more.
bereave in British English. (bɪˈriːv ) verb (transitive) 1. (usually foll by of) to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death. 2. obsolete. to remove by force. See also bereft. Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of bereave verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To take a loved one from (a person), especially by death: "Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved" (Alan Paton). 2. To take something valuable or necessary from (a person or thing): "He was subject to fits, which bereaved him ... of his senses" (David Hume).
The verb bereave is used when death takes someone away from you, depriving you of their presence. Overfeeding might bereave you of beloved goldfish.
Recent Examples on the Web Maybe Zois leans a little too much on the notion that bereavement should be an odd and disillusioning experience, but the original approach opens up some novel ideas around the afterlife and what people carry around when others pass.
The bereavement experience following home-based family caregiving for persons with advanced cancer. From the Cambridge English Corpus. We focused on the effect of bereavement on memory functioning in a sample of 1144 older persons who were married at baseline. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
