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Antonyms for be reave
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-reev |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈriv |
- accept
- accumulate
- achieve
- admit
- allow
- appropriate
- be honest
- bequeath
- bestow
- build
- clothe
- collect
- condemn
- confer
- confront
- construct
- cover
- demote
- endow
- face
- fight
- fill
- gather
- give
- help
- hide
- hire
- hoard
- hold
- hold on to
- hurt
- include
- indulge
- invest
- keep
- maintain
- meet
- offer
- place
- possess
- present
- protect
- receive
- refuse
- reject
- release
- retain
- return
- save
- starve
- stop
- succeed
- supply
- take
- take in
- welcome
- win
Definition of be reave
Origin :- Old English bereafian "to deprive of, take away, seize, rob," from be + reafian "rob, plunder," from Proto-Germanic *raubojanan, from PIE *reup- "to snatch" (see rapid). A common Germanic formation (cf. Old Frisian birava "despoil," Old Saxon biroban, Dutch berooven, Old High German biroubon, German berauben, Gothic biraubon). Since mid-17c., mostly in reference to life, hope, loved ones, and other immaterial possessions. Past tense forms bereaved and bereft have co-existed since 14c., now slightly differentiated in meaning, the former applied to loss of loved ones, the latter to circumstances.
- As in lose : verb be deprived of; mislay
- As in oust : verb expel, get rid of
- As in rob : verb steal, deprive
- As in bereave : verb deprive
- As in deprive : verb keep or take away something wanted, needed
- As in disinherit : verb cut off in will of bequeathal
- As in divest : verb dispossess; take off
Synonyms for be reave
- abscond
- appropriate
- banish
- bankrupt
- bare
- be careless
- be impoverished
- be reduced
- become poorer
- bereave
- bleed
- boot out
- bounce
- break into
- bundle off
- burglarize
- burgle
- capitulate
- cast out
- chase
- cheat
- con
- consume
- cop
- cut off without a cent
- defalcate
- default
- defraud
- denudate
- denude
- deplete
- depose
- deprive
- despoil
- dethrone
- disaffiliate
- discharge
- disinherit
- dislodge
- dismantle
- disown
- displace
- dispossess
- disrobe
- dissipate
- ditch
- divest
- do out of
- dock
- doff
- drain
- drive out
- drop
- dump
- eighty-six
- eject
- embezzle
- evict
- exclude
- exhaust
- exheridate
- expend
- expropriate
- expulse
- fail
- fail to keep
- fall short
- filch
- fire
- force out
- forfeit
- forget
- give the 1-2-3
- give up
- heist
- hijack
- hold back
- hold up
- hustle
- kick out
- lavish
- lay off
- leave
- let go
- liberate
- lift
- loot
- lose
- milk
- misplace
- miss
- misspend
- mug
- neglect
- ostracize
- oust
- pack off
- pass up
- peculate
- pilfer
- pillage
- pinch
- pink slip
- plunder
- promote
- purloin
- raid
- ransack
- relegate
- relieve
- relinquish
- remove
- repudiate
- requisition
- rifle
- rip off
- rob
- roll
- sack
- sacrifice
- sadden
- scrounge
- seize
- send packing
- show the door
- skim
- snitch
- spoil
- squander
- stick up
- stiff
- strip
- strong-arm
- suffer
- suffer loss
- surrender
- swindle
- swipe
- take
- take from
- thieve
- throw out
- topple
- transport
- turn out
- unclothe
- uncover
- undress
- unload
- unseat
- use up
- waste
- withhold
- wrest
- yield
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