adjective
- deprived or robbed of something
Usage: literary; archaic
verb
- past tense and past participle of reave; to rob or deprive by force
Usage: archaic
Examples
- The widow was reft of all her possessions.
- He stood reft of hope after the devastating news.
- The storm reft the trees of their leaves.
- She felt reft of purpose after retirement.
- The village was reft of its young men by war.
- Death had reft him of his beloved companion.