Bereave
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Bereave - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
BERE'AVE, v.t. pret.bereaved, bereft: pp.bereaved, bereft.
1. To deprive; to strip; to make destitute; with of before the thing taken away.
Me have ye bereaved of my children. Gen 42.
It is sometimes used without of, and is particularly applied to express the loss of friends by death.
2. To take away from.
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