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a simple past tense and past participle of
reave.
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reave
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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
reave
2
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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;
Middle English;
apparently special use of
reave
1
(by association with
rive
)
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reft
(rɛft)
—
vb
a past tense and past participle of
reave
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
reft
1847, pp. of reave, from O.E. reafian "to rob something from someone," from P.Gmc. *rauthojan (cf. O.Fris. raf, M.Du. roof, Ger. Raub). The ground sense seems to be that of "breaking."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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