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Bereave vs Bereaved - What's the difference?

bereave | bereaved |

As verbs the difference between bereave and bereaved

is that bereave is to deprive by or as if by violence; rob; strip while bereaved is (bereave).

As an adjective bereaved is

having suffered the death of a loved one.

bereave

English

Verb

  • To deprive by or as if by violence; rob; strip.
  • To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
  • To deprive of power; prevent.
  • To take away someone or something important or close; deprive.
  • Death bereaved him of his wife.
    The castaways were bereft of hope.
  • (rare) To destroy life; cut off.
  • Derived terms

    * bereavement * bereaver

    bereaved

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having suffered the death of a loved one
  • ''bereaved relatives

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bereave)
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