bereave

  • 81bereaved — /bi reevd /, adj. 1. (of a person) greatly saddened at being deprived by death of a loved one. n. 2. a bereaved person or persons (usually prec. by the): to extend condolences to the bereaved. [1100 50; ME bireved, late OE bireafod (ptp.); see… …

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  • 82bereft — /bi reft /, v. 1. a pt. and pp. of bereave. adj. 2. deprived: They are bereft of their senses. He is bereft of all happiness. [1525 35; BE + REFT] * * * …

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  • 83reif — /reef/, n. Scot. Obs. 1. plunder; booty; loot. 2. robbery; piracy. 3. the act of seizing booty. [bef. 950; ME (north) ref, OE reaf; akin to REAVE1, BEREAVE] * * * …

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  • 84step- — a prefix denoting connection between members of a family by the remarriage of a parent and not by blood: stepbrother. [ME; OE steop ; c. G stief , ON stjup step ; akin to OE astepan to bereave, bestepan to deprive (of children)] * * * …

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  • 85rob — verb /rɒb,rɑb/ a) To steal from, especially using force or violence. He robbed three banks before he was caught. b) To deprive (of). Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening. See Also …

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  • 86Now o now I needs must part — was written by the sixteenth seventeenth century composer John Dowland. It was first published in Dowland s book called First Booke of Songes or Ayres of foure partes with Tableture for the Lute (1597). Here are the lyrics: Now, O now, I needs… …

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  • 87deprive — de·prive vt de·prived, de·priv·ing: to take away or withhold something from no person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law U.S. Constitution amend. V dep·ri·va·tion /ˌde prə vā shən, ˌdē ˌprī / n Merriam… …

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  • 88despoil — I verb assail, attack, bereave, consume, denude, deplume, depredate, deprive, desolate, devastate, devour, dispossess, divest, forage, foray, impoverish, invade, lay waste, leave destitute, loot, make off with, maraud, overrun, pilfer, pillage,… …

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  • 89Ecclesiastes 4 — 1 So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 2… …

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  • 90Jeremiah 15 — 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth?… …

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