v. t.
Madam, you have bereft me of all words. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]
All your interest in those territories
Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shall move you to bereave my life. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and strength. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. mourning due to the death of a loved one.
n. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who bereaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A grove. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. grees; cf. Sp. grevas. ] Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. pl. [ Cf. dial. Sw. grevar greaves, LG. greven, G. griebe, also AS. greofa pot. Cf. Gravy. ] The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called
v. t.
He golden apples raft of the dragon. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
If the wooers reave
By privy stratagem my life at home. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
To reave the orphan of his patrimony. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who reaves. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Thrave. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unbereft. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Unreeve. ] To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Un- not, and, for -reaved, cf. Rive, and AS. reófan to break. ] Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]