Both Uses of
bereft
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- Squeers continued to gaze upon him, with his eyes starting out of his head; but astonishment had actually, for the moment, bereft him of speech.†
Chpt 13 *
- Glancing from her to the attendant, he recognised the same clumsy servant who had accompanied her then; and between his admiration of the young lady's beauty, and the confusion and surprise of this unexpected recognition, he stood stock-still, in such a bewildered state of surprise and embarrassment that, for the moment, he was quite bereft of the power either to speak or move.†
Chpt 40
Definition:
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(bereft) not having something, or greatly saddened by the loss of something