| Bereave 1. (v. t.) To make destitute; to deprive; to take away; as, the accident bereaved them of their father. 2. (v. t.) To take away from. 3. (v. t.) To take away. Thesaurus Entries abridge, bleed, curtail, cut off, deprive, deprive of, disentitle, disinherit, dispossess, divest, drain, ease one of, leave, leave behind, lighten one of, lose, milk, mine, orphan, oust, rob, strip, take away from, take from, tap, widow |