ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ED.] Deprived or robbed; taken away by force; spec. deprived by death of a near relative, or of one connected by some endearing tie.
a. 1200[?]. Notes to Lay., III. 447. Kenelm kine-bearn, Liþ under þorne, Heafode bireavod.
1605. Shaks., Lear, IV. iv. 8. What can man’s wisedome In the restoring his bereaued sense?
1828. Scott, F. M. Perth, III. 333. The distraction of a bereaved father.
1858. J. Martineau, Stud. Chr., 194. Who … bids bereaved affection weep no more.
