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reave

1   [reev]
verb (used with object), reaved or reft, reav·ing. Archaic.
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English reven, Old English rēafian; cognate with German rauben, Dutch roven to rob

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reave

2   [reev]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), reaved or reft, reav·ing.
Archaic. to rend; break; tear.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English; apparently special use of reave1 (by association with rive)
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reave1 (riːv)
 
—vb (foll by of) , reaves, reaving, reaved, reft
1.  to carry off (property, prisoners, etc) by force
2.  See also reive to deprive; strip
 
[Old English reāfian; related to Old High German roubōn to rob, Old Norse raufa to break open]

reave2 (riːv)
 
—vb , reaves, reaving, reaved, reft
archaic to break or tear (something) apart; cleave
 
[C13 reven, probably from reave1 and influenced in meaning by rive]

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