Etymology

bereft

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Today it means: Pained by the loss of someone. Full definition →

Middle English bireft
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombireft
  2. English todaybereft

From Middle English bireft, v. Middle English bireven. Synchronically a form of bereaved; compare leave and left.

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