Bereave

Definition: Bereave

Bereave

Verb

1. Deprive through death.

Date "bereave" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Bereave \Be*reave"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Bereaved, Bereft; present participle verb or noun Bereaving.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Bereave

Synonym: to divest. (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Taking	Take from, take away from; disseize; deduct; retrench; (curtail); dispossess, ease one of, snatch from one's grasp; tear from, tear away from, wrench from, wrest from, wring from; extort; deprive of, bereave; disinherit, cut off with a shilling.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Bereave

English words defined with "bereave": Bereaving. ♦ Unchild. (references)

Etymologies containing "bereave": Orbate ♦ Private. (references)

Play	Caption
	Mourning; mourn; bereavement; bereave; bereaving; mourned; death; funeral; sad; blue; down.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "bereave": bereave of. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "bereave"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		lë pa (dispossess), heq (abate, abolish, avert, blow, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring). (various references)

Arabic		‏فقده موت شخص ما, ‏حرم (abridge, ban, be bereaved, be forbidden, contraband, debar, deny, deprive, disable, dispossess, divest, excommunicate, forbade, forbid, geld, interdict, inviolable, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, restrain, rob, sacred, sanctuary, starve, suppress, wife), ‏سلب (depredation, desiccation, despoil, dispossess, dispossession, divest, evisceration, flay, fleece, harrow, loot, looting, maraud, milk, pillage, piracy, plunder, plundering, raid, ransack, rape, rapine, ravish, ravishment, rejoice, riffle, rifle, rob, robbery, sack, skin, spoil, spoliation, steal, stick up, strip), ‏ثكل (be bereaved, bereft, lose). (various references)

Bulgarian		съкрушавам (whelm), лишавам (abridge, bereft, denude, drain, drain of, pinch, shear, starve). (various references)

Chinese		丧失 (Bereaved, Bereaving, Bereft). (various references)

Czech		připravit o, oloupit (despoil, rifle, Rob, strip). (various references)

Farsi		محروم کردن (Deprive, Devest, Disappoint, Dispossess, Divest, Evacuate, Exclude, Geld), داغدیده کردن . (various references)

Finnish		riistää (cannibalise, cannibalize, deprive bereave, dispossess, exploit, rob, take, tear, wrench). (various references)

French		ravir, priver, déposséder. (various references)

German		berauben (bereaved, bereft, deprive, despoil, plunder, Rob, to deprive, to despoil). (various references)

Greek		στερώ (deprive, deprive of), αποστερώ (deprive). (various references)

Hebrew		לשלול (contradict, deny, deprive, disapprove, negate, rebut, refuse, veto), לשכל (cause abortion), לשכול (be bereaved, become childless, lose a child), לאלמן (reduce to widowhood, widow). (various references)

Hungarian		megfoszt valamitõl. (various references)

Indonesian		merampas (defraud, deprive, despoil, seize). (various references)

Italian		spogliare (deprive, deprive oneself, divest, fleece, Rob, shear, strip, unclothe, undress), privare (deprive, dispossess). (various references)

Manx		spooilley jeh. (various references)

Pig Latin		ereavebay

Portuguese		roubar (abstract, bone, cabbage, despoil, embezzle funds, extort money, faked, file, grab-all, holdback, kidnapper, loot, lurcher, make away with oneself, nab, picayune, pick, piratical, plunder, priggish, purloin, rifle, Rob, rustle, screw out of, scrounge, snitch, snoop, steal, strip, swipe, take away, thieve), privar (curtail, debar, denudate, deprive, strip), despojar (denudate, denude, deplenish, deprive, despoil, divest, oust, strip, unclothe), desolar (desolate). (various references)

Romanian		lipsi de (abridge, dispossess, disrobe, starve). (various references)

Russian		лишать (abridge, debar from, denude, deprive, divest, mulct, reave, reive). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ucveliti (transfix), ožalostiti (afflict, aggrieve, distress, grieve). (various references)

Spanish		privar (abridge, deny, deprive, detract, forbid, obtain, reave, reive, rob, shear), perder un ser querido, despojar (denude, despoil, divest, rob, skin). (various references)

Swedish		beröva (denude, deprive, deprive of, despoil, divest). (various references)

Thai		ทำให้สูญเสีย (bereave of). (various references)

Turkish		yoksun bırakmak (debar, debar from, deny, deprive, dispossess, forgo, Rob, shear), sevdiğini almak, elinden almak (defraud, deprive smb. of smth.). (various references)

Ukranian		губити (lose, ulcerate, undo), втрачати близьких, пограбувати. (various references)

Welsh		difuddio (deprive), amddifadu (deprive). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	orbabor, orbata, orbatus, orbem. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Ezekiel Chapter 36, Verse 14
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Dia touto anqrwpouV ouketi fagesai kai to eqnoV sou ouk ateknwseiV eti legei kurioV kurioV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Propterea homines non comedes amplius et gentem tuam non necabis ultra ait Dominus Deus
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And stranglinge thi folc; therfore thou shalt na more ete men, and thou shalt na more slea thi folk, the Lord God saith.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	For this reason you will no longer take the lives of men and will never again be the cause of loss of children to your nation, says the Lord.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Ezekiel Chapter 36, Verse 14
Cebuano	Busa dili na ikaw magasubad sa mga tawo, ni paghutdan mo ang imong nasud pag-usab, nagaingon ang Ginoong Jehova;
Croatian	ti više neæeš ljude proždirati ni narodu svome djece otimati - rijeè je Jahve Gospoda.
Danish	derfor skal du ikke mere æde Mennesker eller gøre dit Folk barnløst, lyder det fra den Herre HERREN.
Dutch	Daarom zult gij niet meer mensen opeten, en uw volken niet meer doen struikelen, spreekt de Heere HEERE.
Finnish	sentähden et sinä ole enää syövä ihmisiä etkä enää riistävä lapsia omalta kansaltasi, sanoo Herra, Herra.
French	A cause de cela tu ne dévoreras plus d`hommes, Tu ne détruiras plus ta nation, Dit le Seigneur, l`Éternel.
German	darum sollst du nun nicht mehr Leute fressen noch dein Volk ohne Erben machen, spricht der HERR HERR.
Hungarian	Ennekokáért embert nem eszel többé, és népedet gyermektelenné nem teszed többé, ezt mondja az Úr Isten.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi mulai sekarang tanah ini tak akan memakan manusia lagi atau merampas anak-anak mereka. Aku TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi telah berbicara.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	sebab itu tiada lagi engkau akan makan habis akan orang, dan tiada lagi engkau akan membuluskan bangsamu, demikianlah firman Tuhan Hua.
Korean	네 가 다 시 �" 사 람 을 삼 키 지 아 니 하 며 다 시 �" 네 나 라 백 성 을 � � 하 지 아 니 하 리 라 나 주 여 호 와 의 말 이 니 라
Maori	Na reira e kore koe e kai tangata a muri ake nei, e kore ano e hinga i a koe ou iwi a muri nei, e ai ta te Ariki, ta Ihowa.
Norwegian	derfor skal du ikke mere ete mennesker og ikke mere føre dine folk til fall, sier Herren, Israels Gud.
Portuguese	por isso tu não devorarás mais os homens, nem desfilharás mais a tua nação, diz o Senhor Deus.
Rumanian	din pricina aceasta, de acum kncolo nu vei mai mknca oameni, wi nu-yi vei mai nimici neamul, zice Domnul Dumnezeu.
Swedish	därför skall du nu icke mer få äta upp människor och icke mer få döda ditt folks barn, säger Herren, HERREN.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "bereave": bereaved, bereavement, bereavements, bereaver, bereavers, bereaves. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Bereave" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bareev, beleave, berabe, bereav, bereavee, Bernabe, berveave, birrova, breaf, breave, Bredevej, breeve, Btrieve. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-e-e-r-v"
	-1 letter: beaver.
	-2 letters: brave, breve, reave, reeve.
	-3 letters: aver, bare, bear, beer, brae, bree, eave, ever, rave, veer, vera, verb.
	-4 letters: arb, are, ave, bar, bee, bra, ear, era, ere, eve, reb, ree, rev, var, vee.
	-5 letters: ab, ae, ar, ba, be, er, re.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-e-e-r-v"
	+1 letter: beavered, bereaved, bereaver, bereaves, beverage.
	+2 letters: bereavers, beverages, breakeven, severable, venerable, vertebrae.
	+3 letters: breakevens, overbeaten, receivable, relievable, removeable, reservable, revealable, reviewable, vertebrate.
	+4 letters: bereavement, deliverable, deverbative, hereinabove, perceivable, preservable, preventable, receivables, recoverable, repleviable, retrievable, reverberant, reverberate, serviceable, vertebrates.
	+5 letters: bereavements, deliberative, deverbatives, invertebrate, maneuverable, overbleached, overbleaches, reverberated, reverberates, unreviewable.
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