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reave1    Audio Help   [reev] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), reaved or reft, reav·ing. Archaic.
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME reven, OE réafian; c. G rauben, D roven to rob]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), reaved or reft, reav·ing.
Archaic. to rend; break; tear.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME; appar. special use of reave1 (by assoc. with rive)]
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reave 1    Audio Help   (rēv)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   reaved or reft (rěft), reav·ing, reaves Archaic

v.   tr.
  1. To seize and carry off forcibly.
  2. To deprive (one) of something; bereave.

v.   intr.
To rob, plunder, or pillage.


[Middle English reven, to plunder, from Old English rēafian; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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reave 2    Audio Help   (rēv)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   reaved or reft (rěft), reav·ing, reaves Archaic
To break or tear apart.


[Middle English reven, possibly alteration (influenced by reven, to plunder) of Old Norse rīfa, to rive.]

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