BEREFT

bereft

Verb

bereft

bereft of strength – powerless
bereft of gorm – in Yorkshire dialect – mindless one, idiot = gormless
  1. To deprive.

Adjective

  1. (of a person) pained by the loss of someone
  2. deprived of, lacking, stripped of, robbed of


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