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be⋅reft

   /bɪˈrɛft/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [bi-reft] Show IPA

–verb

1.	a pt. and pp. of bereave.

–adjective

2.	deprived: They are bereft of their senses. He is bereft of all happiness.

be⋅reave

   /bɪˈriv/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [bi-reev] Show IPA –verb (used with object), -reaved or -reft, -reav⋅ing.

1.	to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death (usually fol. by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother.

2.	to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually fol. by of): The war bereaved them of their home.

3.	Obsolete. to take away by violence.

be·reave

(bĭ-rēv') tr.v. be·reaved or be·reft (-rěft'), be·reav·ing, be·reaves To leave desolate or alone, especially by death: "Cry aloud for the man who is dead, for the woman and children bereaved" (Alan Paton). Archaic To take (something valuable or necessary), typically by force.