Bereave: Definition and part of speech

Bereave

  1. v. t. To take away.
  2. v. t. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; — with of before the person or thing taken away.
  3. v. t. To take away from.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bereavement: Definition and part of speech

Bereavement

  1. n. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bergamot: Definition and part of speech

Bergamot

  1. n. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox’s or goat’s hair; — said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.
  2. n. A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
  3. n. A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).
  4. n. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
  5. n. A variety of pear.
  6. n. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.