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Definition of 'reave'English
Etymology 1
(etyl) reven, from (etyl) 'to roughen', Sanskrit (term) 'to make suffer'). See (m) and (m).
Alternative forms
* reive
Verb
(archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
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* 1997 , Lawrence R. Schehr, Rendering French Realism (ISBN 0804780161), page 18:
- And I for one am not convinced of the innocence of the model: it is as if we let a criminal make up the law as he or she ambles along, reaving right and left.
Derived terms
* border reivers
Related terms
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Etymology 2
Alteration of rive by confusion with the above.
Verb
(archaic) To split, tear, break apart.
Related terms
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Similar to 'reave'rape, rupee, rope, rube, rave, reeve, rife, ripe, rive, rebbe, rove, robe, rappee, raphe, raphae, revue, reive, ribbie, rafie, roofe, roave, rewove, ruffe, rype, roofie, ribeye, rufie, rapee, reve, revie, rhaphe, rewipe
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