bereave

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Bereave, be-rēv′, v.t. to rob a person of anything valued: to leave destitute:—pa.t. and pa.p. bereaved′—the latter also Bereft′.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Then God will be a husband unto you, And unto him a father; nor can Death Bereave you any more.

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred

Bereave, bereft or bereaved, bereaving, bereft or bereaved.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

Ere winter's snows and winter's breeze Bereave of beauty all the trees, The balmy spring renewal sees In the sweet Indian summer.

From The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Ministry of Education

Bereave me not,     Whereon I live, thy gentle looks, thy aid,     Thy counsel in this uttermost distress,     My only strength and stay.

From English Literature for Boys and Girls by Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth)