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reave1 — [rēv] vt. reaved or reft, reaving [ME reven < OE reafian, akin to Ger rauben, to ROB] Archaic to take away by violence; seize; rob … English World dictionary
reave — reave1 /reev/, v.t., reaved or reft, reaving. Archaic. to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob. [bef. 900; ME reven, OE reafian; c. G rauben, D roven to ROB] reave2 /reev/, v.t., v.i., reaved or reft, reaving … Universalium
reave2 — [rēv] vt. reaved or reft, reaving 〚ME reven, altered (by assoc. with reven: see REAVE1) < ON rifa, to tear < IE * reip , var. of base * rei > L rima, a crack〛 … Universalium
reup- — Also reub . To snatch. Derivatives include bereave, rob, usurp, and bankrupt. I. Basic form *reub . rip1, from Flemish rippen, to rip, from Germanic *rupjan. II. O grade form *rou … Universalium
bereave — bereavement, n. bereaver, n. /bi reev /, v.t., bereaved or bereft, bereaving. 1. to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death (usually fol. by of): Illness bereaved them of their mother. 2. to deprive ruthlessly or by force (usually fol. by of):… … Universalium
reif — /reef/, n. Scot. Obs. 1. plunder; booty; loot. 2. robbery; piracy. 3. the act of seizing booty. [bef. 950; ME (north) ref, OE reaf; akin to REAVE1, BEREAVE] * * * … Universalium
reive — reiver, n. /reev/, v.t., v.i., reived, reiving. Chiefly Scot. to rob; plunder. [1860 65; var. of REAVE1] * * * … Universalium
rob — /rob/, v., robbed, robbing. v.t. 1. to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from. 2. to deprive (someone) of some right or something legally due: They robbed her of her inheritance. 3. to plunder or rifle… … Universalium
rover — rover1 /roh veuhr/, n. 1. a person who roves; wanderer. 2. Archery. a. a mark selected at random, as in a competition between two archers wandering over a specified area. b. one of a group of fixed marks at a long distance. c. an archer who… … Universalium
reave — I. /riv/ (say reev) verb (t) (reaved or reft, reaving) Obsolete to deprive forcibly, strip, or rob. {Middle English reve(n), Old English rēafian; doublet of rob} II. /riv/ (say reev) verb …
