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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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);
     akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rj[=u]fa to
     break, violate, Goth. bir['a]ub[=o]n to despoil, L. rumpere
     to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. [root]114. Cf. Bereave,
     Rob, v. t., Robe, Rove, v. i., Rupture.]
     To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
     rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. ``To reave his
     life.'' --Spenser.
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           He golden apples raft of the dragon.     --Chaucer.
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           If the wooers reave
           By privy stratagem my life at home.      --Chapman.
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           To reave the orphan of his patrimony.    --Shak.
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           The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Reave \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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  reaving
     Middle English n.
     (tlb enm Early ME) (alternative form of enm revynge)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  reaving
     alt.
     (present participle of en reave nocat=1)
     n.
     An act of pillage or plunder.
     vb.
     (present participle of en reave nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  reaving
     Middle English n.
     (tlb enm Early ME) (alternative form of enm revynge)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  reaving
     Middle English n.
     (tlb enm Early ME) (alternative form of enm revynge)

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  reaving /ɹˈiːvɪŋ/
   [obs.] Plündern , Plünderung 
     Synonyms: plunder, plundering, looting, pillage, depredation, rapine

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