1. ( transitive ) To deprive by or as if by violence; rob ; strip.
   • William Shakespeare Madam, you have bereft me of all words.
   • Tickell bereft of him who taught me how to sing
2. ( transitive. obsolete ) To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
   • William Shakespeare All your interest in those territories
     Is utterly bereft you; all is lost.
   • Marlowe [ … ] shall move you to bereave my life.
3. ( transitive ) To deprive of power; prevent .
4. ( transitive ) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive. Death bereaved him of his wife.The castaways were bereft of hope.
5. ( intransitive. rare ) To destroy life; cut off .

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To take away someone or something important or close