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reave
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
REAVE
v.t.To take away by stealth or violence; to bereave. Obs. [See Bereave. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
REAVE
Reave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaved, Reft (, or Raft ( (obs. ); p. pr. &vb. n. Reaving.] Etym: [AS. reáfian, from reáf spoil, plunder, clothing, reófan to break (cf. bireófan to deprive of ); akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rjufa to break, violate, Goth. biráubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. sq. root114. Cf. Bereave, Rob, v. t., Robe, Rove, v. t., Rupture. ]
Defn: 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.
REAVER
REAVER Reav "er, n.
Defn: One who reaves. [Archaic ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
reave
reave |rēv riv | ▶verb ( past and past participle reft |reft | ) [ no obj. ] archaic carry out raids in order to plunder. • [ with obj. ] rob (a person or place ) of something by force: reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast. • [ with obj. ] steal (something ). DERIVATIVES reav er noun ORIGIN Old English rēafian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roven, German rauben, also to rob .
Oxford Dictionary
reave
reave |riːv | ▶verb ( past and past participle reft |rɛft | ) [ no obj. ] archaic carry out raids in order to plunder. • [ with obj. ] rob (a person or place ) of something by force: reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast. • [ with obj. ] steal (something ). DERIVATIVES reaver noun ORIGIN Old English rēafian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roven, German rauben, also to rob .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
reave
reave /riːv /動詞 ～s ; ～d, reft /reft /; reaving 自動詞 他動詞 ｟古 ｠(…を )強奪 [略奪 ]する .
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