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bereavable

adj

Etymology

From bereave + -able.

  1. derived from berēofan — “to bereave, deprive, rob of”
  2. inherited from *biraubōną✻
  3. inherited from berēafian — “to bereave, deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil”
  4. inherited from bireven
  5. suffixed as bereavable — “bereave + able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be bereaved.

    • At the age of four she read exceedingly well; and from a very babe, as her bereavable mother soon after her death declared, the utmost regularity was observable in all her actions.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA