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Showing words for BEREAVE using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Bereave
bereave
6 Letter Words for Bereave
beaver
5 Letter Words for Bereave
beare, beeve, bever, brave, breva, breve, eaver, reave, reeve
4 Letter Words for Bereave
aver, bare, bear, beer, bere, brae, bree, brev, eave, ever, rave, reve, vare, veer, vera, verb
3 Letter Words for Bereave
abr, abv, aer, arb, are, ave, bae, bar, bee, ber, bra, ear, eer, era, ere, eve, rab, rea, reb, ree, rev, vae, var, vee, ver
Definitions for Bereave
[1] to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed by of ): Illness bereaved them of their mother.
[2] to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually followed by of ): The war bereaved them of their home.
[3] Obsolete . to take away by violence.
[4] (usually foll by of) to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death
[5] obsolete to remove by force
Words related to Bereave
dispossess, oust, sadden, rob, leave, strip, divest
Words nearby Bereave
berdichev, berdyaev, berdyansk, berdyayev, berea, bereave, bereaved, bereavement, berecyntia, bereft, berenice
Origin of Bereave
before 900; Middle English bereven, Old English berēafian; cognate with Dutch berooven, German berauben, Gothic biraubōn. See be-, reave1
Other words from Bereave
be·reave·ment , noun
be·reav·er , noun
Word origin for Bereave
Old English bereafian ; see reave 1