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bereavable

bereavable adjective: able to be bereaved.

Adjective

bereavable (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Able to be bereaved.
    • At the age of four she read exceedingly well; and from a very babe, as her bereavable mother soon after her death declared, the utmost regularity was observable in all her actions.1846 June, “Celebrated Women”, in The Englishwoman's magazine and Christian mother's miscellany, page 322

Origin of bereavable

From bereave + -able.

Questions about bereavable

What does bereavable mean?
Bereavable means able to be bereaved.
What part of speech is bereavable?
Bereavable is an adjective.

Words near bereavable in the dictionary

  1. BeRealing
  2. BeReals
  3. Berean
  4. Bereanism
  5. Bereans
  6. bereavable
  7. bereaval
  8. bereave
  9. bereaved
  10. bereavedness
  11. bereavement

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