Archaic past participle form meaning bereaved or deprived, used in older English texts to describe someone suffering loss.
From 'bereave' + '-en,' an archaic past participle ending (like 'eaten' or 'beaten'). This shows old English past participles that we no longer use.
English used to have tons of past participle forms ending in '-en'—beaten, written, frozen—but we've lost most of them and just use '-ed' now, making modern English much simpler!
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