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    [Adjective]  | "be*reft" | \ bi-ˈreft \


    1: deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something —usually used with of

    2: lacking something needed, wanted, or expected —used with of

    3: suffering the death of a loved one : bereaved

    Origin: 1554 ;

     See: ;

    [Verb]  | "be*reave" | \ bi-ˈrēv \


    1: to deprive of something —usually used with of

    2: to take away (a valued or necessary possession) especially by force

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English bereven, from Old English berēafian, from be- + rēafian to rob {mat|reave|};

    [Idiom]  | "bereft of" 


    1: not having (something that is needed, wanted, or expected)

    [Adjective]  | "bereft" 


    1: suffering the death of a loved one;


      * e.g., " ... to one investigator, the bereft woman seemed to be taking the sudden death of her rich husband amazingly well "




    2: utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected;


      * e.g., " ... a cheap motel completely bereft of all amenities "



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    [Verb]  | "bereaved" 


    1: to take something away from;


      * e.g., " ... news of a death in the family bereaved them of the unmitigated joy that normally prevails at a wedding "



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    [Verb]  | "bereave" 


    1: to take something away from;


      * e.g., " ... news of a death in the family bereaved them of the unmitigated joy that normally prevails at a wedding "



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     [ "bereft" ]

    1: Lacking or deprived of something.

      * e.g.,  ... Bereft of parental love, orphans sometimes grow up to be insecure. 

     [ "bereft" ]

    1: A penalty for tardiness in Japan.

      * e.g.,  ... Kimiko warned Joshiro to be at the train station at 9:03 or bereft behind. 

     [ "culturally bereft" ]

    1: Seriously lacking in culture, or otherwise a cultural moron. A person who has never experienced any culture than the one in nhis/her general area, or place of origin.

      * e.g.,  ... How culturally bereft can one be? He thinks that anyone who wears a speedo is automaticaly gay. 

     [ "Bereft of gorm" ]

    1: A person who really hasn't got it all going on upstairs...

      * e.g.,  ... Geez, what did he just say? That guy really is bereft of gorm... 

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