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• Reave — (r[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved} (r[=e]vd), {Reft} (r[e^]ft), or {Raft} (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaving}.] [AS. re[ a]fian, from re[ a]f spoil, plunder, clothing, re[ o]fan to break (cf. bire[ o]fan to deprive of); akin to G.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• reave — (v.) O.E. reafian to rob something from someone, plunder, pillage, from P.Gmc. *raubjon (Cf. O.Fris. ravia, M.Du. roven, Du. rooven, O.H.G. roubon, Ger. rauben), from PIE *reup to snatch (see RAPID (Cf. rapid)). Related: Reaved; …   Etymology dictionary

• reave — verb (reaved or reft; reaving) Etymology: Middle English reven, from Old English rēafian; akin to Old High German roubōn to rob, Latin rumpere to break Date: before 12th century intransitive verb plunder, rob transitive verb 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• reave — verb /riːv/ a) To plunder, pillage, rob. , 1985, Few of the chroniclers of Nero’s reign have been accurate when relating the situation that obtained between the Emperor and his mother from the time when, reft of her German and Pannonian guards,… …   Wiktionary

• reave — v. snatch something away from someone; bereave (Archaic) …   English contemporary dictionary

• reave — v. (past and past part. reft) archaic 1 tr. a (foll. by of) forcibly deprive of. b (foll. by away, from) take by force or carry off. 2 intr. make raids; plunder; = REIVE. Etymology: OE reafian f. Gmc: cf. ROB …   Useful english dictionary

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• rob — (v.) late 12c., from O.Fr. rober, from a Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. roubon to rob, roub spoil, plunder; O.E. reafian, source of the reave in bereave; see REAVE (Cf. reave)), from P.Gmc. *raubojanan, from *raub to break. Lord, hou …   Etymology dictionary

• Raft — Reave Reave (r[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved} (r[=e]vd), {Reft} (r[e^]ft), or {Raft} (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaving}.] [AS. re[ a]fian, from re[ a]f spoil, plunder, clothing, re[ o]fan to break (cf. bire[ o]fan to deprive of);… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Reaved — Reave Reave (r[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved} (r[=e]vd), {Reft} (r[e^]ft), or {Raft} (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaving}.] [AS. re[ a]fian, from re[ a]f spoil, plunder, clothing, re[ o]fan to break (cf. bire[ o]fan to deprive of);… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Reaving — Reave Reave (r[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved} (r[=e]vd), {Reft} (r[e^]ft), or {Raft} (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaving}.] [AS. re[ a]fian, from re[ a]f spoil, plunder, clothing, re[ o]fan to break (cf. bire[ o]fan to deprive of);… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English