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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bereft \Be*reft"\ (b[-e]*r[e^]ft"),
     imp. & p. p. of {Bereave}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Bereave \Be*reave"\ (b[-e]*r[=e]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Bereaved} (b[-e]*r[=e]vd"), {Bereft} (b[-e]*r[e^]ft"); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Bereaving.}] [OE. bireven, AS. bere['a]fian.
     See {Be-}, and {Reave.}]
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     1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before
        the person or thing taken away.
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              Madam, you have bereft me of all words. --Shak.
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              Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. --Tickell.
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     2. To take away from. [Obs.]
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              All your interest in those territories
              Is utterly bereft you; all is lost.   --Shak.
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     3. To take away. [Obs.]
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              Shall move you to bereave my life.    --Marlowe.
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     Note: The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in
           reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or
           bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and
           strength.
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     Syn: To dispossess; to divest.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bereft
       adj 1: unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love [syn: {lovelorn},
               {unbeloved}]
       2: sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
          [syn: {bereaved}, {grief-stricken}, {grieving}, {mourning(a)},
           {sorrowing(a)}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "bereft":
     bankrupt in, bare of, beggared, beggarly, bereaved, bereaved of,
     bereft of, cut off, denuded, denuded of, deprived, deprived of,
     destitute of, devoid of, disadvantaged, divested, empty of,
     fatherless, fleeced, for want of, forlorn of, ghettoized,
     impoverished, in default of, in need, in rags, in want, in want of,
     indigent, lacking, mendicant, minus, missing, motherless,
     necessitous, needing, needy, on relief, orphan, orphaned,
     out at elbows, out of, out of pocket, parentless, parted from,
     pauperized, poverty-stricken, robbed of, scant of, shorn of, short,
     short of, shy, shy of, starveling, stripped, stripped of,
     unblessed with, underprivileged, unpossessed of, void of, wanting,
     widowed
  
  

















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