About The Word Reave
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Reave
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What's The Definition Of Reave?
[v] steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Reave: despoil | foray | loot | pillage | plunder | ransack | rifle | strip Related Terms | Find terms related to Reave: See Also | deplume | displume | take Reave In Webster's Dictionary \Reave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved}, {Reft}, or
{Raft}(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. rauben to rob,
Icel. raufa to rob, rj[=u]fa to break, violate, Goth.
bir['a]ubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to
break. [root]114. Cf. {Bereave}, {Rob}, v. t., {Robe},
{Rove}, v. t., {Rupture}.]
To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. ``To reave his
life.'' --Spenser.
He golden apples raft of the dragon. --Chaucer.
By privy stratagem my life at home. --Chapman.
To reave the orphan of his patrimony. --Shak.
The heaven caught and reft him of his tongue. --Tennyson.
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