bereave
verb (used with object)
to deprive and make desolate, especially by death (usually followed byof ).
had bereaved
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past perfectof bereave.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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At the period of which we are about to speak, death had bereaved him of his Queen, Ulrica Eleonora.
From The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural by Ernest Rhys
A wise knight there came riding to the king's host, who was all wounded, and his folk greatly felled; the Romanish men had bereaved him of all his land.
From Brut by Eugene Mason
The champions, whom he had bereaved of their brother long ago, were angry that he had spoken to Gurid, and tried to ride after him as he went away.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo
The death of Donald Cargill had bereaved the societies of their only pastor.
From Sketches of the Covenanters by J. C. McFeeters
