The Only Use of
bereft
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the bed; and on it, plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, uncared for, was the body of this man.
p. 104.9bereft = deprived (made destitute)
Definition:
not having something, or greatly saddened by the loss of something