different between bereave vs beland

English

Etymology

From Middle English bireven, from Old English ber?afian (“to bereave, deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil”), from Proto-Germanic *biraub?n?, and Old English ber?ofan (“to bereave, deprive, rob of”); both equivalent to be- +? reave. Cognate with Dutch beroven (“to rob, deprive, bereave”), German berauben (“to deprive, rob, bereave”), Danish berøve (“to deprive of”), Norwegian berove (“to deprive”), Swedish beröva (“to rob”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (biraub?n).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /b???i?v/
• Rhymes: -i?v

Verb

bereave (third-person singular simple present bereaves, present participle bereaving, simple past and past participle bereaved or bereft)

1. (transitive) To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip; to benim.
   • 1719, Thomas Tickell, On the Death of Mr. Addison

     bereft of him who taught me how to sing

2. (transitive, obsolete) To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
3. (transitive) To deprive of power; prevent.
4. (transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.

5. (intransitive, rare) To destroy life; cut off.

Derived terms

• bereavement
• bereaver

Related terms

• reave

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

beland

1. first-person singular present indicative of belanden
2. imperative of belanden

Participle

beland

1. past participle of belanden

Declension

Anagrams

• balden, balend, bladen