Associations to the word «Bereave»
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
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.