bereavable

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adjective

Able to be bereaved.

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Meanings

adjectivebereavable (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareAble to be bereaved.

    At the age of four she read exceedingly well; and from a very babe, as her bereavable mother soon after her death declared, the utmost regularity was observable in all her actions.

    1846 June, “Celebrated Women”, in The Englishwoman's magazine and Christian mother's miscellany, page 322

Origin

From bereave + -able.

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APA

bereavable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bereavable

MLA

“bereavable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bereavable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bereavable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bereavable.

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