[reev] 
| to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob. |
| reave 1 (rēv) v. reaved or reft (rěft), reav·ing, reaves Archaic v. tr.
To rob, plunder, or pillage. [Middle English reven, to plunder, from Old English rēafian; see reup- in Indo-European roots.] |
| reave 2 (rēv) 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.] |
| reft 1 (rěft) v. A past tense and a past participle of reave1. |
| reft 2 (rěft) v. A past tense and a past participle of reave2. |
