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Reiver :: Reiver (n.) See Reaver.

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.

Bereft :: Bereft () imp. & p. p. of Bereave.

Rafte :: Rafte () imp. of Reave.

Widow :: Widow (n.) A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband..

Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..

Bereave :: Bereave (v. t.) To take away from.

Unreave :: Unreave (v. t.) To unwind; to disentangle; to loose.

Greaves :: Greaves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.

Greaved :: Greaved (imp. & p. p.) of Greav.

Raft :: Raft () imp. & p. p. of Reave.

Orbation :: Orbation (n.) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement..

Reaver :: Reaver (n.) One who reaves.

Disconsolate :: Disconsolate (v. t.) Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent..

Greave :: Greave (n.) A grove.

Orphan :: Orphan (a.) Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent..

Graves :: Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.

Bereave :: Bereave (v. t.) To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.

Reve :: Reve (v. t.) To reave.

Greave :: Greave (n.) Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.

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