Associations to the word «Bereave»
Noun
- Intervention
- Pity
- Husband
- Prayer
- Blessing
- Emotion
- Tear
- Palestinian
- Tomb
- Parlor
- Charity
- Adjustment
- Patience
- Feeling
- Rite
- Joy
- Workman
- Suffering
- Friend
- Neighbor
- Gloom
- Sense
- Soul
- Wife
- Child
- Dignity
- Heaven
- Ness
- Quest
- Need
- Attachment
- Cemetery
- Helping
- Misfortune
- Apology
- Asylum
- Procession
- Forever
- Behalf
- Illness
- Gift
- Visit
- Memory
- Anger
- Recovery
- Providence
- Anxiety
- Professional
- Symptom
Adjective
Wiktionary
BEREAVE, verb. (transitive) To deprive by or as if by violence; rob; strip.
BEREAVE, verb. (transitive) To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
BEREAVE, verb. (transitive) To deprive of power; prevent.
BEREAVE, verb. (transitive) To take away someone or something important or close; deprive.
BEREAVE, verb. (intransitive) (rare) To destroy life; cut off.
Dictionary definition
BEREAVE, verb. Deprive through death.
Wise words
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