BEREAVE
- to deprive (to take something away from) [v BEREAVED, BEREAVES, BEREAVING, BEREFT]
- to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually fol. by of)
- to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death (usually fol. by of)
- to deprive (to dispossess) [v BEREAVED, BEREAVEN or BEREFT, BEREAVING, BEREAVES]